Passage
Romans 11
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Glossary Term
Apostle
Elçi ('one sent') is the established Turkish Bible term.
ROM.11.13
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Doctrine
Apostleship
Risk: reducing apostleship to the Islamic resul/peygamber category of a new-revelation-bearing prophet-messenger, rather than a Spirit-authorized eyewitness to the risen Christ.
ROM.11.13
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Doctrine
Effectual Calling
God's sovereign, personal call that secures the salvation of the called, distinguished from qadar-style impersonal predetermination or fatalism.
ROM.11.29
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Glossary Term
Election
God's sovereign, personal choice of individuals for salvation.
ROM.11.29
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Uluslar ('nations,' i.e.
ROM.11.17-24
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Doctrine
Grace
Unmerited favor given apart from salih amel (righteous deeds).
ROM.11.5-6
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Glossary Term
Grace
Lütuf conveys unearned favor given apart from merit.
ROM.11.5-6
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Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; established Turkish Bible form.
ROM.11.17-24
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Glossary Term
Justification
Aklanma is a forensic-legal term (to be acquitted/declared innocent) already used in Turkish legal registers, which makes it a strong fit for Paul's courtroom metaphor.
ROM.11.11
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Doctrine
Providence
God's personal, purposive care, at real risk of being flattened into qadar-style fatalism ('whatever happens is Allah's will, full stop') rather than the specifically good, Father-hearted purpose Romans 8:28 asserts.
ROM.11.33-36
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Glossary Term
Providence
God's personal, purposive care for his people, especially Romans 8:28.
ROM.11.33-36
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: Never render as salih amel, the Islamic category of righteous works that (together with Allah's mercy) determine a believer's standing on Judgment Day.
ROM.11.11
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: Salvation received now through Christ's finished work, not an outcome deferred to Allah's undisclosed judgment at the end of time.
ROM.11.11
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: Kurtuluş is the established Turkish Christian term (deliverance through Christ's death and resurrection, received now, not merely a hoped-for outcome decided at Judgment Day).
ROM.11.11
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Less socially loaded here than in caste-based contexts, but still needs to be translated with full theological clarity given contemporary geopolitical sensitivity around Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations.
ROM.11.17-24