Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?

We are also ready to punish every act of disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.

Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered.

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.

Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

For just as through the disobedience of the one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous.

For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith –

And his affection for you is much greater when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with Jesus Christ’s blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure!

Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.