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Rom 1:5 "Through him we received grace" & apostleship "to call all the Gentiles to the obedience" "that comes from faith" for his name’s sake.
(NOTE: Gentiles are called to FAITH, which leads to obedience & repentance)
The NIV has a very interpretive translation here.
The original language is "obedience faith" and grammatically the most basic translation would be "obedience [of] faith." From here all translators become interpreters, including me.
Because faith & obedience are used interchangeably at times, including by Paul later in this same Romans document (NKJ Romans 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?" - "obeyed the gospel" & "believed our report" are parallel statements), I see warrant to make faith & obedience in Rom1:5 & 16:26 (so basically bookending Romans) virtually interchangeable - something like: obedience namely faith, or faith-obedience.
You can also see here what Christ is accomplishing through Paul: NKJ Romans 15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and deed, to make the Gentiles obedient (more literally: for obedience of nations/gentiles).
I wouldn't hang my hat on obedience coming from faith or faith leads to obedience, because of the NIV translation. Also, consider this (I'll use the NIV, which is similar to other translations here):
NIV 1 John 3:23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
- We have been commanded by God to believe in Jesus Christ
- SO, when we believe in Jesus Christ we are obeying God
- Faith-Obedience
- If Faith is not a work, then neither is Obedience
- God owes us nothing for Faith-Obedience
- When we do works that deserve compensation, it is the work that is compensated, not the obedience to do the work
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