Passage
Romans 9
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Glossary Term
Abba
Aramaic term of intimacy preserved in Romans 8:15; kept as transliteration alongside తండ్రి.
ROM.9.4
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Glossary Term
Adoption
Emphasizes full son-status and inheritance rather than a reduced or provisional status.
ROM.9.4
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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.9.4
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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.9.11-12
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Glossary Term
Calling
Noun form for the act/state of being called; pair with పిలువబడిన for the participle.
ROM.9.11-12
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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.9.5
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Glossary Term
David
Established proper name form.
ROM.9.5
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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.9.5
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Doctrine
Deity of Christ
CRITICAL: co-equal, undiminished divine nature.
ROM.9.5
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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.9.11-12
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Doctrine
Effectual Calling
God's sovereign call that ensures the salvation of the one called; not fatalism (విధి) or karma.
ROM.9.11-12
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Glossary Term
Election
God's sovereign, personal choice (ఏర్పాటు, 'appointing'), not విధి (impersonal destiny) or కర్మ (karma).
ROM.9.11-12
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Glossary Term
Father
God as personal Father, using the everyday Telugu word for father rather than the more distant, abstract సృష్టికర్త (creator).
ROM.9.4
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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.9.5
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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.9.5
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Glossary Term
Messiah
CRITICAL: transliterated term; the unique OT-promised deliverer, not one of many avatar-descents.
ROM.9.5
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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.9.5
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Glossary Term
Seed Of David
Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and OT covenant fulfillment.
ROM.9.5