Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity is located in union with Christ, not in accumulated merit-standing or in Thai-Buddhist ethnic-religious identity.

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  CRITICAL: Grace as unearned favor cuts directly against บุญ (merit-making) and บารมี (accumulated moral perfection), concepts embedded in daily Thai religious and civic life.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  CRITICAL: Never use บุญ (merit) or กรรมดี (good karma), and never บารมี (accumulated charisma/perfection built over lifetimes, a concept applied to both monks and the monarchy).

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Set apart for God and morally pure.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: Never use วิญญาณ alone or ผี (a ghost or spirit in Thai folk animism).

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: NEVER use การเกิดใหม่ or การกลับชาติมาเกิด (rebirth/reincarnation into a new existence within the cycle of samsara).

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: Bodily, historical, once-for-all resurrection.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy, not a self-directed discipline of precept-keeping and meditation practiced to purify one's own mind.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy, not self-directed ritual purification or merit-building practice.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with ordination into monkhood (บวช) or withdrawal from ordinary life into a monastic community.

  ROM.6.22