Passage

Romans 16

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ; resonates well with ubuntu's communal values, a genuine cultural asset.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Glossary Term

  Church

  ibandla ('assembly/congregation') is preferred over isonto, which in everyday usage also simply means 'week' or 'Sunday' and more readily suggests a specific building or weekly service than the whole people of God Romans intends.

  ROM.16.1-16

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  ibandla should be understood as the whole people of God across denominations, not narrowed to a single congregation or building (isonto).

  ROM.16.1-16

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  ubudlelwane conveys shared relationship/communion well and resonates with ubuntu's strong communal values, a genuine cultural asset for this doctrine.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Doctrine

  Obedience of Faith

  Obedience that flows from faith, not a separate meritorious rule-keeping; risks conflation with the strong Zulu cultural value placed on faithfully observing inherited custom and social obligation (isiko).

  ROM.16.26

• Glossary Term

  Obedience Of Faith

  Romans 1:5 and 16:26.

  ROM.16.26

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.16.4

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  ukubonga is the standard term for giving thanks/praise.

  ROM.16.4