1 Peter 3:1

Wives and Husbands

3:1 In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, ¹  even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live, ² 

1 Peter 4:17

4:17 For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house ³  of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate ⁴  of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

Acts 6:7

6:7 The word of God continued to spread, ⁵  the number of disciples in Jerusalem ⁶  increased greatly, and a large group ⁷  of priests became obedient to the faith.

Romans 1:5

1:5 Through him ⁸  we have received grace and our apostleship ⁹  to bring about the obedience ¹⁰  of faith ¹¹  among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.

Romans 2:8

2:8 but ¹²  wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition ¹³  and do not obey the truth but follow ¹⁴  unrighteousness.

Galatians 3:1

Justification by Law or by Faith?

3:1 You ¹⁵  foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell ¹⁶  on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed ¹⁷  as crucified!

Galatians 5:7

5:7 You were running well; who prevented you from obeying ¹⁸  the truth?

Hebrews 5:9

5:9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

Hebrews 11:8

11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

¹ tn Grk “that…they may be won over,” showing the purpose of “being subject” (vs. 1b). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² tn Grk “by the wives’ behavior.”

³ tn Grk “to begin from the house.”

⁴ tn Or “the end.”

⁵ tn Grk “kept on spreading”; the verb has been translated as a progressive imperfect.

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⁷ tn Grk “a great multitude.”

⁸ tn Grk “through whom.”

⁹ tn Some interpreters understand the phrase “grace and apostleship” as a hendiadys, translating “grace [i.e., gift] of apostleship.” The pronoun “our” is supplied in the translation to clarify the sense of the statement.

¹⁰ tn Grk “and apostleship for obedience.”

¹¹ tn The phrase ὑπακοὴν πίστεως has been variously understood as (1) an objective genitive (a reference to the Christian faith, “obedience to [the] faith”); (2) a subjective genitive (“the obedience faith produces [or requires]”); (3) an attributive genitive (“believing obedience”); or (4) as a genitive of apposition (“obedience, [namely] faith”) in which “faith” further defines “obedience.” These options are discussed by C. E. B. Cranfield, Romans (ICC), 1:66. Others take the phrase as deliberately ambiguous; see D. B. Garlington, “The Obedience of Faith in the Letter to the Romans: Part I: The Meaning of ὑπακοὴ πίστεως (Rom 1:5; 16:26),” WTJ 52 (1990): 201-24.

¹² tn This contrast is clearer and stronger in Greek than can be easily expressed in English.

¹³ tn Grk “those who [are] from selfish ambition.”

¹⁴ tn Grk “are persuaded by, obey.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “O” (an interjection used both in address and emotion). In context the following section is highly charged emotionally.

¹⁶ tn Or “deceived”; the verb βασκαίνω (baskainw) can be understood literally here in the sense of bewitching by black magic, but could also be understood figuratively to refer to an act of deception (see L&N 53.98 and 88.159).

¹⁷ tn Or “publicly placarded,” “set forth in a public proclamation” (BDAG 867 s.v. προγράφω 2).

¹⁸ tn Or “following.” BDAG 792 s.v. πείθω 3.b states, “obey, follow w. dat. of the pers. or thing…Gal 3:1 v.l.; 5:7.”