Romans 1:16-17 - Review With Answers 

What reason does Paul give for not being ashamed of the gospel?

The gospel is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.

What does Paul mean when he says that the gospel is the way of salvation “first for the Jew, then for the Gentiles”?

Though it was Paul’s practice as a missionary to preach the gospel to the Jews first and then to the Gentiles,  the gospel is able to save all men without distinction -whether they be Jew or Gentile.

What does Paul mean when he talks about “righteousness”?

To be righteous is to be in right standing with God, to be without sin in God’s eyes.

What does Paul mean when he says that the righteousness that comes from God is “by faith from first to last”?

Men are put in right standing with God by faith alone

What does it mean to say that the righteous will “live” by faith?

Those who enter into right standing with God are those who have been made spiritually alive by means of faith