Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity is located in union with Christ, not in ancestral lineage, family religious obligation, or accumulated merit.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  The gathered people of God ('holy assembly').

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  A new-covenant community, not a folk temple (đền) organized around a deified hero or local spirit.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with entering monastic Buddhist life (xuất gia) as the primary model of devoted service; biblical separation is devoted service to God within ordinary life.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements for service; well-established term with comparatively low syncretism risk.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements for service; standard, well-established term.

  ROM.12.6-8