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 took the letter down for Paul, who elsewhere adds a greeting 'in my own hand', calling it 'the distinguishing mark in all my letters'.

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 named in a subscript added to later manuscripts as the one who carried the letter to Rome.

Q 03/05

What does Paul say in Romans 1:16 that he is unashamed of?

A) The gospel

B) The cross

C) His chains

D) His weakness

Answer · why

A) The gospel

The gospel, Paul says, 'is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes', which is why he is eager to preach it in Rome.

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 3:4 says 'Let God be true', and every human being what?

A) A liar

B) A fool

C) A servant

D) A stranger

Answer · why

A) A liar

A liar, and Paul's point is that human unfaithfulness cannot 'nullify God's faithfulness', a claim he backs with a line from the Psalms.