Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not caste or denominational-family heritage — a live pastoral concern given how strongly denominational identity (Baptist, Lutheran, CSI, Catholic) can shape belonging in Telugu Christian communities.

  ROM.6.1-11

• 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.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Unmerited favor apart from human merit.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  పరిశుద్ధ is the historic Baptist/Protestant-mission Telugu Bible term; పవిత్ర is more common in Catholic Telugu usage.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: never పరమాత్మ (the monistic Universal Self of Vedantic usage).

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: NEVER పునర్జన్మ.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: bodily, historical, once-for-all.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; also the doctrine most directly touched by the పరిశుద్ధ/పవిత్ర denominational-vocabulary choice, which this curriculum locks to పరిశుద్ధ throughout.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy, distinct from ritual purification.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• 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.6.22