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obedience

Meaning of “obedience”

Compliance or submission to a command, authority, faith, or duty.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
12 occurrences12 verses6 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Romans 1:5

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Romans 1:5
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 1:5 · retained source text

By whom we haue receiued grace and Apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for his Name,

1611 marginal noteOr, to the obedience of faith.

Romans 5:19
For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
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For as by one mans disobedience many were made sinners: so by the obedience of one, shall many bee made righteous.

Romans 6:16
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
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Know ye not, that to whom yee yeeld your selues seruants to obey, his seruants ye are to whom ye obey: whether of sinne vnto death, or of obedience vnto righteousnesse?

Romans 16:19
For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
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For your obedience is come abroad vnto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalfe: but yet I would haue you wise vnto that which is good, and simple concerning euill.

1611 marginal noteOr, harmelesse.

Romans 16:26
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
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But now is made manifest, and by the Scriptures of the Prophets according to the commandement of the euerlasting God, made knowen to all nations for the obedience of faith,

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Compliance with a command, prohibition, known law, or prescribed duty; submission to the stated authority.

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