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Question:
What is the purpose which Paul’s letter was written?
Answer:

1. He wanted the church at Ephesus to understand that our salvation is something that God planned from eternity and that he planned it in such a way that it would show the glory of his grace.
2. To show the gospel as “the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also the Greek.”

Question:
There is a saying in many languages, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” Did Paul agree with this?
Answer:
No! Paul says as it reads in:

Romans 12:1-2 NIV
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is, his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Question:
Did Paul get to Rome?

Answer:
Yes, but later than he had hoped. In the spring of A.D. 58, he arrived at Jerusalem with the funds collected for the poor Christians of the Mother Church (2 Cor 8–9). He was arrested in the temple and spent two years in custody at Caesarea before appealing to Caesar as a Roman citizen. In the spring of the year A.D. 60, Paul, apostle and prisoner of Jesus Christ, entered Rome (Acts 28:16 NIV: When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.) and was welcomed by the Christian community there.

Question:
Did Paul carry out the proposed visit to Spain?

Answer:
The evidence strongly indicates St. Paul left Rome and travelled to Spain as he had planned. He spent up to four years there preaching and helping to establish churches. Spain was under Roman rule and at some point, Paul was arrested again and returned to Rome.

Question:
Did Paul visit the church in Rome?

Answer:
Indeed, Paul had no relationship to the Roman community prior to the drafting of his epistle. He neither established the church at Rome, nor, in fact, had he ever visited the illustrious city. Paul did long to see the Christians in the capital city of the empire.

Question:
The letter was eventually written while paul was en route; where was he going?
Answer:
So, it is likely that Romans was written while Paul was in Greece about to set sail for Jerusalem.

Question:
When was this Letter to the Romans Written?

Answer:
It was composed at Corinth in about 57 CE and addressed to the Christian church at Rome, which Paul had not visited yet.

Question:
To whom is this Letter of Paul’s addressed too?
Answer:
Paul’s letter to the Romans is the sixth book of the New Testament and the longest and doctrinally most significant of his writings. It was composed at Corinth in about 57 CE and addressed to the Christian church at Rome, which Paul had not visited yet. The letter expounds the gospel of Jesus Christ as the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes and emphasizes the themes of grace, justification, and the obedience of faith. The letter has been influential in the history of Christianity and has shaped the thought of many prominent theologians and leaders. However, it also differs from other Pauline letters in that Paul did not claim apostolic authority over the Roman congregation and respected their prior evangelization.

Question:

Who is the author of the letter of Paul to the Romans?

Answer:
Paul’s Letter to the Romans by R.C. Sproul from Justified by Faith Alone The doctrine of justification by faith alone is at the center of Reformation theology, and remains critical for all believers today. In Romans 16:22 Tertius “who wrote this letter” greets the readers. Paul is the author of the letter, but Tertius is the scribe or amanuensis who did the actual writing. The name means “third” in Latin and was a common name for slaves (Jewett, 978). This fact alone does not tell us anything about his social status since some slaves were trained as scribes. Jewett suggests Phoebe provided Paul with Tertius’s

Question:
What do we know of Paul’s physical appearance?
Answer:
Physical appearance In the Acts of Paul he is described as “A man of small stature, with a bald head and crooked legs, in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked”. In the Latin version of the Acts of Paul and Thecla “written about A. D. 150”, it is added that he had a red, florid face. He was a bald-headed, bowlegged short man with a big nose, and an unbroken eyebrow that lay across his forehead like a dead caterpillar. That’s a paraphrase. It’s from the only physical description of Paul, in an early Christian document, the Acts of Paul. Even while Paul was carrying on his ministry, some fleshly critics charged that “his presence in person [was] weak and his speech contemptible.” ( 2 Cor. 10:10 NIV: For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.”) But we should not forget that he became a Christian by a miraculous display from Jesus.