Seed of the Word
Romans — Group study guide
Part 1 of 2 · chapters 1–7
7 chapters · 90 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
How to use it
Read one chapter per meeting. Each participant can mark their answers and write down what they learned.
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Seed of the Word
Romans 1 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Romans 1 (KJV)
1. What was Paul separated unto?
Romans 1:1
- A. Unto the service of the temple
- B. Unto the gospel of God
- C. To judge Israel
- D. Unto the Levitical priesthood
2. What kind of Son was Jesus declared to be?
Romans 1:4
- A. The Son of David according to the law of Moses
- B. The son of Abraham according to circumcision
- C. The Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness
- D. The Son of man only according to the flesh
3. What was spoken of throughout the world about the saints in Rome?
Romans 1:8
- A. Their great riches
- B. Their divisions
- C. Their knowledge of the law
- D. Their faith
4. Why did Paul long to see the saints in Rome?
Romans 1:11
- A. To impart unto them some spiritual gift
- B. To correct their divisions
- C. To baptize them in water
- D. To ask them for money for the journey
5. Why had Paul not been able to come to Rome?
Romans 1:13
- A. Because he was a prisoner in Jerusalem
- B. Because he had been let (hindered)
- C. Because he was sick
- D. Because he had no money for the journey
6. What was Paul not ashamed of?
Romans 1:16
- A. The law of Moses
- B. His wisdom
- C. The gospel
- D. His visions
7. What kind of power is in the gospel?
Romans 1:16
- A. Power to judge the nations
- B. Power to get wealth
- C. Power to rule kingdoms
- D. The power of God unto salvation
8. Against what is the wrath of God revealed?
Romans 1:18
- A. Against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men
- B. Against those who do not keep the sabbath
- C. Against the Gentiles only
- D. Against those who offer no sacrifices
9. By what are the invisible things of God understood?
Romans 1:20
- A. By dreams
- B. By the things that are made
- C. By traditions
- D. By philosophy
10. What two evil things did those who knew God do?
Romans 1:21
- A. They robbed the temple and killed the prophets
- B. They rejected the law and burned the books
- C. They glorified him not as God, neither were thankful
- D. They forsook their parents and sold their lands
11. What did men dishonour between themselves?
Romans 1:24
- A. Their fathers' name
- B. The temples of their gods
- C. The laws of their nation
- D. Their own bodies
12. Who changed the natural use into that which is against nature?
Romans 1:25-27
- A. Men and women who changed the truth of God into a lie
- B. The Pharisees who kept the law
- C. The prophets of Baal on Carmel
- D. The priests of the temple in Jerusalem
13. Why did God give them over to a reprobate mind?
Romans 1:28
- A. Because they were not circumcised
- B. Because they did not like to retain God in their knowledge
- C. Because they offered no sacrifices
- D. Because they persecuted the apostles
14. Of what are they worthy who know the judgment of God yet practise sin?
Romans 1:32
- A. They are worthy of praise
- B. They are worthy of honour
- C. They are worthy of death
- D. They are worthy of a crown
Notes
Seed of the Word
Romans 2 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Romans 2 (KJV)
1. He who judges another while doing the same evil he judges, what is he?
Romans 2:1
- A. Justified
- B. Wise
- C. Perfect
- D. Condemned
2. He who judges others and does the same, what will he not escape?
Romans 2:3
- A. The judgment of God
- B. The prison of Rome
- C. The wrath of the king
- D. The judgment of men
3. To what does the goodness of God lead?
Romans 2:4
- A. To riches
- B. To repentance
- C. To vengeance
- D. To vainglory
4. What is treasured up by a hard and impenitent heart?
Romans 2:5
- A. Riches for old age
- B. Joy for the day of judgment
- C. Wrath against the day of wrath
- D. Wisdom for one's children
5. According to what will God render to every man?
Romans 2:6
- A. According to his lineage
- B. According to his riches
- C. According to his age
- D. According to his deeds
6. For whom is the reward of eternal life?
Romans 2:7
- A. For those who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory, honour and immortality
- B. For all who were born Jews
- C. For those circumcised in the flesh
- D. For those who have great riches
7. For whom are tribulation and anguish?
Romans 2:8-9
- A. For those who continue in well doing
- B. For the contentious who obey unrighteousness
- C. For those who seek glory and honour
- D. For those who obey the truth
8. How will those who sinned in the law be judged?
Romans 2:12
- A. They will be judged without law
- B. They will not be judged
- C. They will be judged by the law
- D. They will be judged by their ancestors
9. The Gentiles, which have not the law, what is their law?
Romans 2:14
- A. The law of the Romans
- B. The law of Moses written on tables
- C. The law of their kings
- D. They are a law unto themselves
10. What is the law that the Gentiles without the law have within themselves?
Romans 2:15-16
- A. The law of their conscience, accusing or else excusing them
- B. Written on tables of stone
- C. Given by the priests of the temple
- D. Copied from the laws of Rome
11. He who boasts of the law, what does he do by breaking it?
Romans 2:23
- A. He glorifies God
- B. He dishonours God
- C. He fulfils the law
- D. He justifies his neighbour
12. Because of whom was the name of God blasphemed among the Gentiles?
Romans 2:24
- A. The Roman soldiers
- B. The Greek philosophers
- C. The Jews who disobeyed the law
- D. The publicans
13. When does circumcision profit the Jew?
Romans 2:25
- A. If he offers sacrifices
- B. If he is of the tribe of Levi
- C. If he lives in Jerusalem
- D. If he keeps the law
14. Who is the true Jew?
Romans 2:29
- A. He which is one inwardly, with circumcision of the heart
- B. He who was born in Jerusalem
- C. He who is circumcised in the flesh
- D. He who descends from Levi
Notes
Seed of the Word
Romans 3 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Romans 3 (KJV)
1. Unto whom were the oracles of God committed?
Romans 3:2
- A. Unto the Greeks
- B. Unto the Jews
- C. Unto the Romans
- D. Unto the Egyptians
2. Does the unbelief of some Jews make the faithfulness of God without effect?
Romans 3:3-4
- Yes
- No
3. What does our unrighteousness commend?
Romans 3:5
- A. The law of men
- B. Greek wisdom
- C. The righteousness of God
- D. The power of Rome
4. Are only the Gentiles under sin?
Romans 3:9
- Yes
- No
5. Who is justified by the deeds of the law?
Romans 3:20
- A. Every Jew
- B. The Levites
- C. The Pharisees
- D. No one
6. Without the law, what is manifested?
Romans 3:21
- A. The righteousness of God
- B. The wrath of men
- C. The wisdom of the world
- D. The kingdom of David
7. By what is the righteousness of God obtained?
Romans 3:22
- A. By the deeds of the law
- B. By faith of Jesus Christ
- C. Through the priests
- D. By circumcision
8. Since all have sinned, of what do we come short?
Romans 3:23
- A. Of the promised land
- B. Of the temple
- C. Of the glory of God
- D. Of Abraham's inheritance
9. What does it cost to be justified by God?
Romans 3:24
- A. A sacrifice every year
- B. The tithe of everything
- C. Keeping the whole law
- D. Nothing; it is freely by his grace
10. What did God pass over through the blood of Jesus?
Romans 3:25
- A. The sins that are past
- B. The commandments of the law
- C. The sacrifices of the temple
- D. The solemn feasts
11. Can a man be justified by faith without the deeds of the law?
Romans 3:28
- Yes
- No
12. How will God justify the circumcision?
Romans 3:30
- A. By circumcision
- B. By faith
- C. By their sacrifices
- D. By their lineage
Notes
Seed of the Word
Romans 4 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Romans 4 (KJV)
1. What was counted unto Abraham for believing God?
Romans 4:3
- A. It was counted for debt
- B. It was counted for sin
- C. It was counted unto him for righteousness
- D. It was counted for a sacrifice
2. To him that worketh, how is the reward reckoned?
Romans 4:4
- A. Of grace
- B. As righteousness
- C. As an offering
- D. Of debt
3. To him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, how is his faith counted?
Romans 4:5
- A. For righteousness
- B. As debt
- C. As sin
- D. As wages
4. According to David, a man is blessed when God imputes righteousness to him without what?
Romans 4:6
- A. Without faith
- B. Without works
- C. Without repentance
- D. Without grace
5. What does the Lord not impute to the blessed man?
Romans 4:8
- A. Poverty
- B. Ignorance
- C. Sin
- D. Weakness
6. Was Abraham justified when he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision?
Romans 4:10
- A. In circumcision
- B. In uncircumcision
7. Why was Abraham circumcised?
Romans 4:11
- A. As a seal of the righteousness of the faith
- B. To be numbered among the Levites
- C. To inherit the land of Egypt
- D. As punishment for his unbelief
8. Through what righteousness was the promise given to Abraham?
Romans 4:13
- A. Through the righteousness of the law
- B. Through the righteousness of faith
- C. Through the righteousness of his works
- D. Through the righteousness of his fathers
9. What does the law work?
Romans 4:15
- A. Peace
- B. Eternal life
- C. Wrath
- D. Joy
10. Who calls those things which be not as though they were?
Romans 4:17
- A. Abraham
- B. Moses
- C. Sarah
- D. God
11. As to hope, how did Abraham believe?
Romans 4:18
- A. Against hope he believed in hope
- B. With doubt and fear
- C. Only after seeing the sign
- D. On Sarah's advice
12. What did Abraham not consider, so as not to be weak in faith?
Romans 4:19
- A. Lot's riches
- B. His own body, now old, about a hundred years
- C. The opinion of the Canaanites
- D. Pharaoh's threats
13. What did Abraham not stagger at through unbelief?
Romans 4:20
- A. The threat of his enemies
- B. The word of Lot
- C. The promise of God
- D. Hagar's counsel
14. Of what was Abraham fully persuaded?
Romans 4:21
- A. That Ishmael would be heir of the promise
- B. That his works would justify him
- C. That he should return to Ur of the Chaldees
- D. That what God had promised, he was able also to perform
15. Why did Jesus have to be raised again?
Romans 4:25
- A. For our justification
- B. To restore the kingdom to Israel
- C. To judge Pilate
- D. To rebuild the temple
Notes
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Romans 5 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Romans 5 (KJV)
1. What blessing do we receive being justified by faith?
Romans 5:1
- A. Riches on earth
- B. We have peace with God
- C. We are free from every trial
- D. We receive circumcision
2. Can one glory in tribulations?
Romans 5:3
- Yes
- No
3. Why can we glory in tribulations?
Romans 5:3
- A. Because tribulation blots out sins
- B. Because tribulation brings riches
- C. Because tribulation worketh patience
- D. Because tribulation is short
4. What is shed abroad in our hearts?
Romans 5:5
- A. The fear of the law
- B. The wisdom of the world
- C. The spirit of bondage
- D. The love of God
5. What did Christ do when we were yet without strength?
Romans 5:6
- A. He died for the ungodly
- B. He gave us the law
- C. He left us alone
- D. He judged us
6. How did God commend his love toward us?
Romans 5:8
- A. In that he gave us riches and health
- B. In that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us
- C. In that he delivered us from all tribulation
- D. In that he gave us the law of Moses
7. Justified by the blood of Jesus, from what shall we be saved?
Romans 5:9
- A. From poverty
- B. From sickness
- C. From wrath
- D. From the Romans
8. Why did death pass upon all men?
Romans 5:12
- A. Because the law commanded it
- B. Because Cain killed Abel
- C. Because the flood covered the earth
- D. Because one man sinned
9. From when until when did death reign?
Romans 5:14
- A. From Adam to Moses
- B. From Noah to Abraham
- C. From Abraham to David
- D. From Moses to Christ
10. By the obedience of one, who is Jesus, what shall many be made?
Romans 5:19
- A. Sinners
- B. Righteous
- C. Servants of the law
- D. Judges
11. Where sin abounded, what did much more abound?
Romans 5:20
- A. Wrath
- B. The law
- C. Grace
- D. Death
12. Unto what did sin reign?
Romans 5:21
- A. Unto life
- B. Unto righteousness
- C. Unto glory
- D. Unto death
13. Unto what does grace reign?
Romans 5:21
- A. Unto eternal life
- B. Unto death
- C. Unto condemnation
- D. Unto bondage
Notes
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Romans 6 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Romans 6 (KJV)
1. Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Romans 6:1-2
- Yes
- No
2. When we are baptized into Christ, into what are we baptized?
Romans 6:3
- A. Into the Jordan
- B. Into his death
- C. Into the law of Moses
- D. Into the name of Paul
3. Just as Christ was raised, in what can we walk?
Romans 6:4
- A. In the old law
- B. In our own strength
- C. In newness of life
- D. In fear
4. How was our old man crucified?
Romans 6:6
- A. By the hands of the Romans
- B. By the law of Moses
- C. With the two thieves
- D. With Christ
5. From what is he that is dead freed?
Romans 6:7
- A. From sin
- B. From the law
- C. From grace
- D. From faith
6. What hath no more dominion over Jesus?
Romans 6:9
- A. Righteousness
- B. Death
- C. Truth
- D. Love
7. Unto what must we reckon ourselves dead?
Romans 6:11
- A. Unto God
- B. Unto righteousness
- C. Unto sin
- D. Unto grace
8. Of what should our members be instruments?
Romans 6:13
- A. Of unrighteousness
- B. Of war
- C. Of the law
- D. Of righteousness
9. What shall not have dominion over us?
Romans 6:14
- A. Sin
- B. Grace
- C. Righteousness
- D. The Spirit
10. If we yield ourselves to someone to obey him, what are we to whom we obey?
Romans 6:16
- A. Masters
- B. Servants
- C. Judges
- D. Enemies
11. Being made free from sin, of what do we become servants?
Romans 6:18
- A. Of the law
- B. Of men
- C. Of righteousness
- D. Of fear
12. Since we are servants to God, what should our fruit be?
Romans 6:22
- A. Riches
- B. Fame
- C. Vainglory
- D. Holiness
13. What are the wages of sin?
Romans 6:23
- A. Death
- B. Poverty
- C. Sickness
- D. Prison
14. What is the gift of God?
Romans 6:23
- A. The law of Moses
- B. Eternal life through Jesus Christ
- C. The land of Canaan
- D. The riches of the world
Notes
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Romans 7 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Romans 7 (KJV)
1. The married woman is bound by the law to her husband as long as what?
Romans 7:2
- A. As long as her parents live
- B. As long as they have children
- C. As long as he liveth
- D. As long as they live in Jerusalem
2. If a woman is married to another man while her husband liveth, what shall she be called?
Romans 7:3
- A. A widow
- B. Free
- C. Blessed
- D. An adulteress
3. In what manner do we serve?
Romans 7:6
- A. In newness of spirit
- B. In the oldness of the letter
- C. After the manner of the Pharisees
- D. Under the rule of Caesar
4. How do we know lust?
Romans 7:7
- A. Because the prophets practised it
- B. Because the law said, Thou shalt not covet
- C. Because we saw it in Egypt
- D. Because the Gentiles taught it
5. Is the law holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good?
Romans 7:12
- Yes
- No
6. Is the law spiritual?
Romans 7:14
- Yes
- No
7. After the inward man, in what do we delight?
Romans 7:22
- A. In the desires of the flesh
- B. In riches
- C. In the law of God
- D. In the law of sin
8. Who delivers us from the body of this death?
Romans 7:24-25
- A. Moses
- B. The law
- C. Our own works
- D. Jesus