Q 01/05

Who names himself in Romans 16 as the man who wrote the letter down, slipping in his own greeting?

A) Tertius

B) Tychicus

C) Trophimus

D) Tertullus

Answer · why

A) Tertius

Tertius was Paul's amanuensis, taking the letter down from dictation; tradition later counted him among the Seventy disciples and made him a bishop of...

Q 02/05

Which woman, a deacon of the church in Cenchreae, does Paul commend in Romans 16 as a benefactor of many?

A) Priscilla

B) Phoebe

C) Mary

D) Julia

Answer · why

B) Phoebe

Phoebe is the only woman the Bible calls a deacon, and a subscript added in later manuscripts names her as the one who carried the letter to Rome.

Q 03/05

What does Romans 6:23 call 'the wages of sin', before contrasting it with the gift of eternal life in Christ?

A) Judgment

B) Exile

C) Death

D) Sorrow

Answer · why

C) Death

Death is the wage, and the verse is a fixed stop on the 'Romans Road', the short chain of verses evangelists use to lay out salvation without leaving ...

Q 04/05

Which word completes Romans 3:23 in the NIV: 'for all have sinned and fall short of the ___ of God'?

A) Grace

B) Kingdom

C) Mercy

D) Glory

Answer · why

D) Glory

Glory is the missing word, and Paul has spent two and a half chapters earning it, arguing that Jews and Gentiles alike are 'all under the power of sin...

Q 05/05

Romans 5:8 says God showed his love in that Christ died for us while we were still what?

A) Sinners

B) Slaves

C) Strangers

D) Orphans

Answer · why

A) Sinners

Sinners is the word, and the timing is the point: the love came first, not as a reward for reform, which is why the verse sits at the heart of the 'Ro...