Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
Established, positively-regarded vocabulary within Telugu church tradition given its indigenous mass-movement history; lower risk than in newer mission contexts, though still worth a light native-speaker pass for tone.
ROM.10.14-15
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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.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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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.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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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.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jewish peoples; విదేశీయులు (foreigners) is too narrowly national.
ROM.10.12
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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.10.15-16
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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.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Prayer on behalf of others; standard term.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; established form.
ROM.10.12
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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.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Justification
Compound phrase required; a forensic declaration of right standing, distinct from simply receiving forgiveness (క్షమాపణ పొందడం).
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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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.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
CRITICAL: established, consistent term across denominational lines.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9's confession is of a living, presently reigning, exclusive Lord.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God through Christ; distinguish from devotional puja practice for readers with extended family still in Hindu devotional traditions.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological forecasting.
ROM.10.11
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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.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: never మోక్షం/ముక్తి.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER మోక్షం or ముక్తి (release 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; must be translated with full theological clarity, not softened, and resonates with this community's own historical experience.
ROM.10.12
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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.10.12-13