Passage

Romans 13

• 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.

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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.

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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.13.11

• 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).

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