Background
This is who wrote the book of Romans.
Who is "Paul"?
FILL IN THE BLANK: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the ____ of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."
(BONUS 100 if you can cite the passage)
What is "power"?
BONUS: Romans 1:16
True/False: According to Romans, people have an excuse for their sin if they have never heard about God.
False: "For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse." (Rom 1:19-20)
According to Romans, this is what can separate us from the love of God.
What is nothing?
"For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38)
FILL IN THE BLANK: "For whatever does not _______ from faith is sin"
What is "proceed"?
This is how many times the author had visited Rome before writing the letter to the Romans.
What is "zero" times?
FILL IN THE BLANK: "for all have sinned and fall short of the _____ of God"
(BONUS 200 if you can cite the passage)
What is "glory"?
BONUS: Romans 3:23
FILL IN THE BLANK: "For the _____ of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
What is "wages"?
True/False: According to Romans, not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel.
True: "For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring" (Romans 9:6-7).
In the opening line of the letter to the Romans, Paul refers to himself at the "_______ of Christ Jesus."
What is "servant"?
The Roman church was made up of these two kinds of believers.
What is "jews" and "gentiles" (or "greeks")?
FILL IN THE BLANK: "Abraham believed God, and it was _______ to him as righteousness."
(BONUS 300 if you can cite the passage, SECOND BONUS 300 if you can cite the original passage!)
What is "counted"?
BONUS: Romans 4:3; Genesis 15:6
This is who "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
Who is "Abraham"?
This is the metaphor that Paul uses to describe the relationship between gentile believers, and Israel.
What is "root and branches"
"But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree." (Rom 11:17)
This is the last word of the letter to the Romans.
What is "Amen"?
This is the Roman emperor who ruled during the time Romans was written.
Who is "Nero"?
FILL IN THE BLANKS: "There is therefore now no ____________ for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the ___ of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death."
(BONUS 400 if you can cite the passage)
What is "condemnation" and "law"
BONUS: Romans 8:1-2
This is how we receive justification and forgiveness.
What is "by faith"?
"and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith." (Rom 3:24-25)
According to Romans, this is the role that the heart and mouth play in salvation.
What is "For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved." (Romans 10:10)
What is Chapter 13?
This is main theme in Romans.
What is "justification by faith" (or similar)?
FILL IN THE BLANKS: "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a ______ sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your ________ worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your ____, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."
(BONUS 500 if you can cite the passage)
What is "living" and "spiritual" and "mind"?
BONUS: Romans 12:1-2
According to Romans, this is the purpose of the law.
What is to increase sin (or similar, such as teach us what sin is, etc). (Romans 5:20; 7:7)
According to Romans 12, this is how you should treat your enemies.
What is "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:20-21
This is who Paul warns the Romans to look out for in chapter 16.
Who are "those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them" or similar.