Answer: Habakkuk
Romans 1:17 talks about righteousness, which is equivalent to being 'innocent'. Since all men are unrighteous by nature, Paul says here that the way to become righteous before God is through faith. The full verse reads, "For in the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to the faith: as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith'." He quotes Habakkuk 2:4 here, which reads: "Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith". Habakkuk is relaying a message from God here which includes a warning for those that are to be judged in the future, but there is hope for the just who have faith.
From Quiz: Romans: Paul's Old Testament Quotes
Answer: the Apostle to the Gentiles
While Paul was - incidentally - a Roman citizen; while he also was, in his youth, a Jewish persecutor of Christians; and while some Christians would have liked him to be their cult leader, the only phrase which represents all of who and what Paul was, and what he stood for in history, is the unique 'Apostle to the Gentiles'. Paul identified himself as an apostle in many places, and in Romans 11:13 specifically as an apostle to the Gentiles. Acts 9:27-28 also tells how Paul (then still 'Saul') was received in fellowship by the apostles at Jerusalem, thanks to Barnabas' intervention, while Peter acknowledged Paul as a brother in the faith (2 Peter 3:15).
From Quiz: BBB Bible Series: Romans
Answer: Paul
It says in Romans 1:1, "Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God."
Paul was originally named Saul, but when he converted to Christianity on the Road to Damascus (see the book of Acts) his name was changed to Paul.
From Quiz: Romans
Answer: This is a church that Paul has neither founded nor visited.
Paul had not visited Rome previously, which is made clear from what he writes:
"First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God's will the way may be opened for me to come to you." (Romans 1 v. 8-10)
The book of Acts records that Paul was granted his desire to go to Rome (Acts 28) and, according to tradition, he was martyred there. There is no direct biblical evidence as to who founded the Roman church although a longstanding tradition names Peter as the founder. None of Paul's letters are to churches located in Israel.
From Quiz: Quizzing the New Testament : Romans
Answer: Paul
In ancient times, the author of a letter would put their name at the beginning rather than the end. The recipients of Paul's letter were the members of the church in Rome. While there may have been a few Jews in attendance, the members were mainly Gentiles. Paul's focus was on salvation and righteousness being equal for those Jewish and not Jewish. However, Paul began by writing that he wished to come to Rome and even discussed this near the end of the letter. According to the book of Acts, Paul arrived under house arrest and lived there for at least two years (Acts 28:16, 30) awaiting an audience with his appeal to Caesar (Acts 25:11-12).
From Quiz: Epistle to the Romans
Answer: not one
It says in Romans 3:10, "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one."
According to the Holman Bible Dictionary, "righteous" means characterized like God. Dictionary.com defines the word "righteous" as "morally right or justified".
From Quiz: Romans
Answer: On their hearts
Paul was discussing not the Mosaic law, which was given to the Jews. Here he was referring to the natural moral law that is considered to be inherent in the Mosaic law and the laws of civilized societies. He emphasized that having the law was not a free ticket to righteousness but following it was. This was but an example for Paul's larger argument that being a Jew was not the key to salvation. "We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin." (Romans 3:9)
From Quiz: Epistle to the Romans
Answer: Abraham
At the end of Romans 3, Paul warns about boasting about our works and actions, and he talks of the law of faith. In chapter 4, he uses Abraham as an example of being justified by faith. In verse 3, he quotes Genesis 15:6 when he says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness". One of Paul's arguments centers around circumcision. There were many Jews that felt that since they were circumcised, then they were blessed, but Paul points out that the circumcision itself does not make them righteous and blessedness is not only for the circumcised. In verses 9-12, he uses Abraham as an example since Abraham was blessed with righteousness because of his faith before he was circumcised.
The second half of Romans 4 deals with Abraham's faith and its importance to God's promise. Paul ends the chapter by asserting that, just like Abraham, we too can become righteous through faith. Verses 23-25 read: "Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification".
From Quiz: Romans: Paul's Old Testament Quotes
Answer: Human sin is inevitably subject to God's judgement
Paul argues that humans are naturally sinful; that human sin is inevitable, and that God's judgement upon that sin is equally inevitable. Humans are therefore in deep trouble, and need rescuing - or 'to be saved'. His whole purpose, as Christians read the text, is to establish the point that every human being needs the salvation of God in Jesus Christ.
From Quiz: BBB Bible Series: Romans
Answer: Abraham
It says in Romans 4:16-18, "Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be."
Abraham's name was originally Abram. He was married to Sarah, whose original name was Sarai. Sarah was Abraham's half-sister.
From Quiz: Romans
