Passage

Romans 15

• Doctrine

  Christ-Centered Ministry

  Ministry done in Christ's name, by his power, for his glory; not institutional prestige or denominational rivalry, both live concerns given Tamil Nadu's dense, long-established Christian institutional landscape.

  ROM.15.17-21

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ; established, low-ambiguity, widely used term.

  ROM.15.24

• Glossary Term

  Church

  சபை (assembly/congregation) is the established term for the doctrinal Church, distinct from ஆலயம் (the physical church building) and never கோவில் (Hindu temple).

  ROM.15.26

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not a caste-segregated assembly or ritual institution.

  ROM.15.26

• Glossary Term

  Covenant

  Relational covenant bond, more than a legal agreement (ஒப்பந்தம்).

  ROM.15.12

• Glossary Term

  David

  Established Tamil Bible proper-name form.

  ROM.15.12

• Doctrine

  Davidic Covenant

  Requires Old Testament background explanation; no analogous covenantal-promise concept exists in Tamil Hindu or Jain tradition.

  ROM.15.12

• 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  Use language of witness and proclamation; be aware Tamil Nadu briefly enacted and then repealed an anti-conversion law (2002-2004), so residual social sensitivity around active evangelism persists in some contexts.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.15.20

• Glossary Term

  Exhort

  Context-sensitive: வேண்டுகோள் (entreaty) for beseeching; உற்சாகப்படுத்துதல் (encourage) for building up.

  ROM.15.2

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ.

  ROM.15.24

• Doctrine

  Fulfillment of Prophecy

  Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament), not a cyclical cosmic frame drawn from Hindu or Jain cosmology.

  ROM.15.8-12

• Glossary Term

  Gentiles

  Established Tamil Bible term for non-Jewish peoples.

  ROM.15.7-12

• Doctrine

  Gospel

  Must be distinguished from a generic positive announcement.

  ROM.15.19-20

• 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.15.19-20

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Set apart for God and morally pure.

  ROM.15.16

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: never பிரம்மம் (Tamil transliteration of the Hindu Brahman) or பரமாத்மா (the universal Self).

  ROM.15.16

• Doctrine

  Inspiration of Scripture

  Distinguish God-breathed Scripture, written by human authors under divine guidance, from the Tamil Siddhar and classical devotional-poet traditions where inspired composition is understood very differently.

  ROM.15.4

• Glossary Term

  Intercession

  Prayer on behalf of others before God.

  ROM.15.30-32

• Glossary Term

  Israel

  Established proper-name form.

  ROM.15.7-12

• Doctrine

  Kingdom Mission

  God's reign advancing through the gospel, not a political or dynastic kingdom.

  ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21

• Glossary Term

  Kingdom Of God

  God's sovereign reign, not a territorial or political kingdom.

  ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21

• Glossary Term

  Law

  The Mosaic law; established Tamil Bible term.

  ROM.15.8-12

• Glossary Term

  Messiah

  Transliterated term used alongside கிறிஸ்து (Christ).

  ROM.15.8-12

• Doctrine

  Messianic Promise

  CRITICAL: a specific Jewish Old Testament promise fulfilled exclusively in Jesus, not one of Vishnu's ten avatars or another divine figure in a recognized lineage of incarnations.

  ROM.15.8-12

• Glossary Term

  Mission

  Proclamation of the gospel; ஊழியம் here means "service/ministry" and should not be confused with the unrelated-sounding but doctrinally distinct ஊழ் (fate) rejected under Providence.

  ROM.15.15-24

• Doctrine

  Mission to the Nations

  Tamil Nadu has a long, socially established Protestant and Catholic mission history dating to the early 18th century; frame proclamation positively rather than assuming colonial-era baggage dominates the reader's association.

  ROM.15.15-24

• Doctrine

  Mutual Edification

  Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.

  ROM.15.2

• 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.15.30-32

• Glossary Term

  Prophecy

  God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological prediction.

  ROM.15.8-12

• Glossary Term

  Prophet

  God's spokesperson; established term.

  ROM.15.4

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; established, low-ambiguity term.

  ROM.15.16

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; established, low-ambiguity Tamil Bible term.

  ROM.15.16

• Glossary Term

  Seed Of David

  Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and fulfillment of the Old Testament covenant promise to David.

  ROM.15.12

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with the Tamil Siddhar or ascetic-renunciate ideal.

  ROM.15.16

• Doctrine

  Unity of Jews and Gentiles

  Directly challenges caste-based spiritual hierarchy.

  ROM.15.7-12