Passage

Romans 8

• Glossary Term

  Abba

  Aramaic term of intimacy preserved in Romans 8:15; kept as transliteration alongside తండ్రి.

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Glossary Term

  Adoption

  Emphasizes full son-status and inheritance rather than a reduced or provisional status.

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Doctrine

  Adoption into God's Family

  Full son-status with complete inheritance rights; well established doctrinally, with residual risk in guarding against a socially reduced sense of 'adopted.'

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Doctrine

  Assurance of Salvation

  Assurance rests in God's unchanging character; well taught in Telugu church tradition, with residual risk mainly in guarding against casual fatalistic idiom creeping into paraphrase.

  ROM.8.1, ROM.8.28-39

• 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.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Calling

  Noun form for the act/state of being called; pair with పిలువబడిన for the participle.

  ROM.8.28-30

• 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.8.1

• 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.8.28-30

• Doctrine

  Effectual Calling

  God's sovereign call that ensures the salvation of the one called; not fatalism (విధి) or karma.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Election

  God's sovereign, personal choice (ఏర్పాటు, 'appointing'), not విధి (impersonal destiny) or కర్మ (karma).

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Father

  God as personal Father, using the everyday Telugu word for father rather than the more distant, abstract సృష్టికర్త (creator).

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Doctrine

  Incarnation

  CRITICAL: NEVER అవతారం.

  ROM.8.3

• Glossary Term

  Incarnation

  CRITICAL: NEVER అవతారం.

  ROM.8.3

• Glossary Term

  Intercession

  Prayer on behalf of others; standard term.

  ROM.8.26-27

• Glossary Term

  Peace

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

  ROM.8.6

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

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

  ROM.8.6

• 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.8.26-27

• Doctrine

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive governance; Romans 8:28 is still vulnerable to being read through విధి (fatalism) or కర్మసిద్ధాంతం (karma) in casual speech even within a long-Christian community, since these frameworks remain part of the surrounding regional culture.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive governance, not fatalism (విధి) or the impersonal law of karma (కర్మసిద్ధాంతం).

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: NEVER పునర్జన్మ.

  ROM.8.11

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

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

  ROM.8.11

• Glossary Term

  Son Of God

  CRITICAL: full phrase required.

  ROM.8.3, ROM.8.29

• Doctrine

  Sonship of Christ

  CRITICAL: eternal, unique Sonship; not a title of honor bestowed on an especially devoted or elevated human figure.

  ROM.8.3, ROM.8.29