BIBL 425 Quiz 1

BIBL 425 Quiz 1 Liberty University

BIBL 425 Quiz: Introduction and Universal Sinfulness

Covers all Learn materials from Module 1: Week 1 – Module 2: Week 2.

1. Select the author of the letter to the Roman Christians?
2. Who served as the apostle Paul’s amanuensis, actually writing down the content of the letter to Romans as Paul dictated it?
3. Paul most likely composed Romans during his third missionary journey while residing in Corinth, Greece.
4. The author of Romans introduces himself with three descriptors in Romans 1:1. Which of the following is not one of those descriptions?
5. Paul’s letter to the Romans is an occasional letter, meaning that it addresses the specific situation of the Roman church.
6. The occasional nature of Romans reflects that it was written to a specific audience in order to address specific concerns.
7. Which is not one of the several purposes for Romans?
8. What is the “common denominator” among the several purposes for Romans?
9. The apostle Paul most likely composed Romans during his third missionary journey while residing in Corinth, Greece.
10. According to the evidence, it is most likely that the apostle Peter founded the church in Rome.
11. How did the expulsion of the Jews from Rome in A.D. 49 by Emperor Claudius drastically change the character of the church in Rome?
12. Which is not one of the key emphases within Romans that indicate a situation in which the Jewish Christians were in the minority?
13. Paul most likely has in mind Gentiles generally in 2:14–15.
14. Paul’s teaching in Romans 1:1–7 must be read with a much larger context in order to grasp how the first readers must have understood what he was teaching. Name and describe the two broader contexts that informed Paul.
15. According to 2:2, what is God’s judgment based on?
16. Romans is comparative to ancient Greco–Roman letters of the first century A.D.
17. Paul emphasizes the standard of God’s assessment in 2:13 where he says that “it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.”
18. In 1:26–27, Paul refers to “natural relations” to indicate the “natural order of things as ordained by God. The point being that they had abandoned the natural order as God intended.
19. The term “conscience” (syneidesis) in 2:15 indicates that God has built into all people a fundamental sense of right and wrong.
20. Romans should be considered to be a book on systematic theology.
21. According to Romans 1:3–4, what is the subject of the Gospel of God?
22. To “become conscious of sin” in 3:20 means that through the law people become vividly aware of their sin.
23. The flesh/Spirit contrast is fundamental to Paul’s theology. What does “flesh” denote in 1:3–4?
24. Paul expresses his longing to see the Romans Christians so that he may impart some spiritual gift in order to strengthen them.
25. What phrase from Romans 1:1–7 sums up the very “essence of Christian living”?

Set 2

1. Select the author of the letter to the Roman Christians?
2. Who served as the apostle Paul’s amanuensis, actually writing down the content of the letter to Romans as Paul dictated it?
3. Paul most likely composed Romans during his third missionary journey while residing in Corinth, Greece.
4. The author of Romans introduces himself with three descriptors in Romans 1:1. Which of the following is not one of those descriptions?
5. Paul’s letter to the Romans is an occasional letter, meaning that it addresses the specific situation of the Roman church.
6. The occasional nature of Romans reflects that it was written to a specific audience in order to address specific concerns.
7. Which is not one of the several purposes for Romans?
8. What is the “common denominator” among the several purposes for Romans?
9. The apostle Paul most likely composed Romans during his third missionary journey while residing in Corinth, Greece.
10. According to the evidence, it is most likely that the apostle Peter founded the church in Rome.
11. How did the expulsion of the Jews from Rome in A.D. 49 by Emperor Claudius drastically change the character of the church in Rome?
12. Which is not one of the key emphases within Romans that indicate a situation in which the Jewish Christians were in the minority?
13. What does the phrase “the requirements of the law are written on their hearts” indicate?
14. What is the result of sinning either under the law or apart from the law (2:12)?
15. What does the second “exchange sequence” (1:25–26) verify as being directly connected to idolatry?
16. The term “conscience” (syneidesis) in 2:15 indicates that God has built into all people a fundamental sense of right and wrong.
17. Following his announcement of the theme of the letter: the gospel of Jesus Christ that is God’s saving power that reveals His righteousness to all who believe, Paul presents the reality of God’s wrath against sin (1:18–32).
18. Depraved mind in 1:28 literally means an unapproved mind.
19. Romans 2:17–29 may be divided into two categories, the first focusing on
20. Paul expresses his longing to see the Romans Christians so that he may impart some spiritual gift in order to strengthen them.
21. According to Moo, God’s judgment in Christ referred to in 2:16 points to God’s judgment at the end of history. In other words, this judgment is eschatological.
22. What is the foremost advantage of being a Jew according to 3:1–2?
23. Salvation (soteria) and the verb (sozo) often refers to the “final deliverance from sin and evil that will come to the believer at death or the Parousia.”
24. What phrase from Romans 1:1–7 sums up the very “essence of Christian living”?
25. Romans is comparative to ancient Greco–Roman letters of the first century A.D.