I was just reading through this in the NASB (Rom. 1:5) which translates
"obedience of faith". The same phrase occurs at the end of Romans (16:26) with
the same translation, in the NASB. It seemed like an interesting concept, so I
thought I'd explore it further.
BAGD has: ei)s u(pakoh\n pi/stews Ro 1:5; 16:26 is to be taken in this sense
_to promote obedience to the message of faith_. But it may be better to render
it more generally _with a view to (promoting) obedience which springs from
faith_
My Greek is quite rusty -- I can usually only read the text, get down to a
lemma, and look it up in BAGD. u(pakoh\n is accusative, and pi/stews is
genitve, so is the Greek here implying that obedience originates with faith?
Is this a strictly Pauline concept (does it just occur in Romans, for that
matter?) or are there other instances of such an idea in classical/koine
literature?
I'm sorry the question seems so basic, and would appreciate any email
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