THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH IN THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS Part III: The Obedience of Christ and the Obedience of the Christian
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THE investigation of the obedience of faith in Romans, commenced some three years ago, has thus far yielded two basic conclusions. (1) The phrase u[pakoh> pi<stewj (Rom 1:5; 16:26) embodies a twin idea: the obedience consisting in faith and the obedience arising out of faith. (2) Faith's obedience, defined in the first instance as perseverance, is the link between present justification by faith and eschatological justification for the "doers of the law" (Rom 2:13). We come now, in the concluding study, to consider the role of Christ, the obedient one, who ensures the obedience of his people. Our attention will be directed to Romans 5.
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