Passage

Romans 5

• 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.5.1-2

• 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.5.1-2

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Unmerited favor apart from human merit; Telugu's deep hymnody and preaching tradition already carries strong grace vocabulary, though care is still needed for readers whose extended families remain in Vaishnava/Shaiva devotional practice.

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Unmerited favor apart from human merit.

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Doctrine

  Humanity of Christ

  Christ's full, real human nature is well established in Telugu church teaching; comparatively low residual risk.

  ROM.5.15

• Glossary Term

  Peace

  Relational peace with God through justification, not the inner calm (మనశ్శాంతి) sought through devotional or meditative practice.

  ROM.5.1

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

  Relational peace through justification, not the inner tranquility (మనశ్శాంతి) sought through devotional or meditative practice.

  ROM.5.1