Title: Chapter 09
Course: Encountering Romans 2e

Q: What term best describes the idea that God brings us into a right relationship with him so that we have “peace with God”?
@ Refer P.87
- Reconciliation (Reconciliation)

Q: What term describes the way of thinking that views human beings as linked together, so that the actions of one person may even be attributed to a group?
- Corporate Solidarity @ Refer P.89 (Corporate Solidarity @ Refer P.89)

Q: A major theme for the middle section of Romans (chaps. 5–8) is
- Faith (Refer P.84)
- Hope (Refer P.84)
- Love (Refer P.84)
- Works of the law (Refer P.84)
A: Hope

Q: A key pattern for Paul’s argument, used four times in Romans 5:12–21, is
- If . . . then (Refer P.91)
- Neither . . . nor (Refer P.91)
- Both . . . and (Refer P.91)
- Just as . . . so also (Refer P.91)
A: Just as . . . so also

Q: Christ is called a second Adam because
- His righteousness, like Adam’s sin, affects those he represents. (Refer P.91–92)
- Life comes through his actions, just as death came through Adam’s. (Refer P.91–92)
- He brings justification, just as Adam brought condemnation. (Refer P.91–92)
- All of the above (Refer P.91–92)
A: All of the above

Q: Which of the following is one of the three blessings of justification that Paul lists in Romans 5:1–2?
- God’s peace in our hearts (Refer P.85–86)
- Access to God (Refer P.85–86)
- The hope of the glory of God (Refer P.85–86)
- Joy because of our suffering (Refer P.85–86)
A: The hope of the glory of God

Q: Paul’s focus in Romans 5:12–21 is
- Original sin (Refer P.87)
- Human transgression (Refer P.87)
- Righteousness and life (Refer P.87)
- Law and death (Refer P.87)
A: Righteousness and life

Q: Which Old Testament figure is central for Romans 5:12–21?
- Adam (Refer P. 87)
- Abraham (Refer P. 87)
- Moses (Refer P. 87)
- David (Refer P. 87)
A: Adam

Q: In contrast to Jewish thought, which saw justification as an eschatological decision, Paul taught that believers can experience the divine verdict now.
- True (Refer P. 85)
- False (Refer P. 85)
A: True

Q: Paul says we can rejoice in the midst of suffering because it produces character, culminating in hope.
- True (Refer P.86)
- False (Refer P.86)
A: True

Q: According to Romans 5:13–14, the law, though it could not free us from sin, served to lessen its effects.
- True (Refer P.90)
- False (Refer P.90)
A: False