Passage

Romans 14

• Glossary Term

  Exhort

  Context-sensitive: use rica etmek (entreat/beseech) for pleading; teşvik etmek (encourage/urge on) for building up.

  ROM.14.19

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  CRITICAL: İsa is the shared Turkish/Qur'anic name for Jesus, so it alone signals only the Qur'anic prophet-Jesus to most readers.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Kingdom Mission

  God's reign advancing through the gospel, not a literal state (devlet) -- a sensitive category in a country with a strong secular-state tradition and active debate over religion's role in public life.

  ROM.14.17

• Glossary Term

  Kingdom Of God

  God's sovereign reign, not a political state.

  ROM.14.17

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  Established Turkish Bible term (also renders the divine name YHWH as RAB in small caps in OT usage).

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Christ

  CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 -- 'İsa Rab'dir' is the salvation confession and must be rendered without qualification.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Mutual Edification

  Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.

  ROM.14.19

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term shared with Islamic şükür vocabulary; low doctrinal risk and a genuine point of cultural resonance.

  ROM.14.6

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term, shares a root with Islamic şükür (gratitude to Allah).

  ROM.14.6