Passage
Romans 1
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Glossary Term
Apostle
Transliterated, established Telugu Christian term.
ROM.1.1
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Doctrine
Apostleship
Low syncretism risk given established usage; residual risk is collapsing apostleship into a generic గురువు (guru/teacher) role.
ROM.1.1
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Glossary Term
Called
Context-sensitive: in 1:1 = called to apostleship; in 1:7 = called to be saints; in 8:28-30 = effectual calling to salvation.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7
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Glossary Term
Calling
Noun form for the act/state of being called; pair with పిలువబడిన for the participle.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7
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Doctrine
Christian Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ; well established, low-risk term across Telugu church tradition.
ROM.1.12
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Glossary Term
Covenant
నిబంధన is the long-established Telugu Bible term for a binding relational covenant; ఒప్పందం (a mutual contract) is too transactional.
ROM.1.3
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Glossary Term
David
Established proper name form.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Davidic Covenant
Requires OT background explanation; no structural equivalent exists in regional devotional tradition, though the term నిబంధన itself is long-settled and uncontested across denominations.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Deity of Christ
CRITICAL: co-equal, undiminished divine nature.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Divine Calling
God's initiating, sovereign call is well understood in Telugu church tradition; residual risk is mainly about keeping the noun/participle distinction (పిలుపు/పిలువబడిన) consistent across lessons.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7
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Glossary Term
Exhort
Context-sensitive: use వినతి for entreaty; ప్రోత్సాహం for encouragement/building up.
ROM.1.12
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ; well-established in Telugu church tradition, with residual risk mainly around distinguishing విశ్వాసం from generic devotional భక్తి in first-generation-convert contexts.
ROM.1.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust in Christ; భక్తి carries devotional-reverence connotations from regional Vaishnava bhakti practice that do not require a specific, exclusive object of trust.
ROM.1.17
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Glossary Term
Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ, not mere social friendship (స్నేహం).
ROM.1.12
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear, one-time historical fulfillment; established in Telugu Bible teaching tradition with comparatively low syncretism risk.
ROM.1.2-4
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Glossary Term
Glory
God's radiant honor; avoid light-only imagery that could merge with generic divine-light devotional associations.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
God
CRITICAL: దేవుడు is the standard, near-universally accepted Telugu Christian term across every denomination — a rare point of full consistency.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Gospel
సువార్త is settled, century-old vocabulary across every Telugu Christian denomination; the main task is holding the term consistently rather than defending it against a competing Hindu-tradition word.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Long-established Telugu Christian term, settled across every denominational tradition in this region since the 19th-century mission era.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16
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Doctrine
Humanity of Christ
Christ's full, real human nature is well established in Telugu church teaching; comparatively low residual risk.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Incarnation
CRITICAL: NEVER అవతారం.
ROM.1.3
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Glossary Term
Incarnation
CRITICAL: NEVER అవతారం.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Inspiration of Scripture
Distinguish God-breathed Scripture from devotional Telugu religious literature (e.g.
ROM.1.2
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Glossary Term
Jesus
యేసు is the shared standard across Telugu Protestant and Catholic usage alike — one of the few terms with no meaningful denominational variance.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
Justification
Compound phrase required; a forensic declaration of right standing, distinct from simply receiving forgiveness (క్షమాపణ పొందడం).
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Law
Unlike several other Language Packages in this pipeline, Telugu's own established Bible tradition already renders 'the Law' (Torah) as ధర్మశాస్త్రము without significant syncretism alarm — Telugu ధర్మం carries less caste-cosmic-duty weight in everyday register than the corresponding word does further north, and the rendering is over a century old and deeply settled.
ROM.1.2-4
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Glossary Term
Lord
CRITICAL: established, consistent term across denominational lines.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9's confession is of a living, presently reigning, exclusive Lord.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
Messiah
CRITICAL: transliterated term; the unique OT-promised deliverer, not one of many avatar-descents.
ROM.1.3-4
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Doctrine
Messianic Promise
CRITICAL: the Messiah is the unique OT-promised deliverer, not one of the avatar-descents associated with Tirupati's Venkateswara tradition, still a live cultural reference point in Telugu-speaking Andhra Pradesh despite the region's long Christian history.
ROM.1.3-4
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Glossary Term
Mission
Given Telugu Christianity's long, indigenous, 19th-century-mass-movement roots, 'mission' carries markedly less colonial-baggage anxiety here than in more recently-evangelized contexts, though native-speaker review is still worthwhile for tone.
ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14
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Doctrine
Mission to the Nations
Telugu Christianity's roots in large 19th-century indigenous mass movements (rather than recent, externally-led evangelism) make 'mission' markedly less colonially loaded here than in newer mission contexts elsewhere in this pipeline.
ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14
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Doctrine
Mutual Edification
Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.
ROM.1.12
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Doctrine
Obedience of Faith
Obedience flowing from faith already granted, not ధార్మిక కర్తవ్యం-style compliance that earns standing.
ROM.1.5
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Glossary Term
Obedience Of Faith
Romans 1:5 and 16:26.
ROM.1.5
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Glossary Term
Power Of God
Use సామర్థ్యం; never శక్తి — Andhra Pradesh's prominent Shakta tradition (the Kanaka Durgamma temple at Vijayawada, one of the region's most-visited pilgrimage sites) makes శక్తి read as a specific divine-feminine power distinct from the one God's saving power.
ROM.1.16
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Doctrine
Power of God for Salvation
సామర్థ్యం required; never శక్తి, which in Andhra Pradesh's prominent Shakta tradition (Kanaka Durgamma at Vijayawada) names a distinct divine-feminine power.
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological forecasting.
ROM.1.2-4
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Glossary Term
Prophet
God's spokesperson, not a fortune-teller/astrologer (జ్యోతిష్కుడు).
ROM.1.2
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Glossary Term
Resurrection
CRITICAL: NEVER పునర్జన్మ.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Resurrection of Christ
CRITICAL: bodily, historical, once-for-all.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
Right standing before God received through faith, not cosmic duty (ధర్మం) or ethical/legal correctness in the generic sense.
ROM.1.16
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Doctrine
Sainthood (Called to be Holy)
All believers are పరిశుద్ధులు; not an ascetic elite (సాధువులు).
ROM.1.7
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: never మోక్షం/ముక్తి.
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER మోక్షం or ముక్తి (release from the rebirth cycle).
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Seed Of David
Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and OT covenant fulfillment.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Separation unto God's Service
Must not be confused with generic Hindu renunciation (sannyasa); biblical separation is devotion to God while remaining fully engaged in ordinary life, a point well established in Telugu Protestant preaching tradition but worth reinforcing for readers with recently-converted extended family.
ROM.1.1
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Glossary Term
Sin
Moral transgression before a personal God who judges and forgives.
ROM.1.18
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Glossary Term
Son Of God
CRITICAL: full phrase required.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Sonship of Christ
CRITICAL: eternal, unique Sonship; not a title of honor bestowed on an especially devoted or elevated human figure.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Spiritual Gifts
Spirit-given enablement; not merit-earned powers or a generic deity's boon.
ROM.1.11
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Glossary Term
Spiritual Gifts
Always use the compound; వరం alone reads as a generic deity's boon.
ROM.1.11
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Doctrine
Thanksgiving
Standard term; minor risk of over-ritualization.
ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21
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Glossary Term
Thanksgiving
Standard term.
ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21
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Doctrine
Universal Human Accountability
All humanity equally guilty and equally invited, regardless of caste; resonates directly with the historical experience of this region's largest Christian communities.
ROM.1.18
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No caste barrier to the gospel — a claim with deep resonance in Telugu Christian history, since the region's largest Christian communities trace directly to 19th-century mass movements among Dalit (Madiga and Mala) communities seeking exactly this equality; retain the unqualified universality without softening.
ROM.1.16