Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
Use language of witness and proclamation; be aware Tamil Nadu briefly enacted and then repealed an anti-conversion law (2002-2004), so residual social sensitivity around active evangelism persists in some contexts.
ROM.10.14-15
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ; distinguish from பக்தி (bhakti), an unusually richly developed devotional category in Tamil Shaiva and Vaishnava poetic tradition.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament), not a cyclical cosmic frame drawn from Hindu or Jain cosmology.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Established Tamil Bible term for non-Jewish peoples.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Gospel
Must be distinguished from a generic positive announcement.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Established Tamil Christian term, dating to the earliest Tamil Bible translation work (Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, 1714) and Tamil Catholic tradition before it.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Prayer on behalf of others before God.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Established proper-name form.
ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Jesus
CRITICAL: established Tamil Christian standard form since the earliest Tamil Bible translation work.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Justification
Compound required for the forensic, declared-righteous sense; never abbreviate to மன்னிப்பு (forgiveness) alone, which loses the legal-declaration dimension.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic law; established Tamil Bible term.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
Established Tamil Bible term since Ziegenbalg's earliest translation.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 is the salvation confession.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God in Christ's name, distinct from temple ritual worship (பூஜை) or petitioning through a deity's consort or attendant spirit, a common pattern in Tamil temple religion.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological prediction.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: NEVER use தர்மம் (the Tamil cognate of Sanskrit dharma, carrying the same cosmic-duty connotation).
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: never மோட்சம் or முக்தி.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER use மோட்சம் or முக்தி — Hindu liberation from the rebirth cycle.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Directly challenges caste-based spiritual hierarchy.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No caste barrier to the gospel.
ROM.10.12-13