The Obedience of Faith

The obedience of faith is mentioned in these passages:

Ro 1:5 "through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience <5218> of faith <4102> among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake,"

Ro 16:26 "but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience <5218> of faith <4102>;"

Ac 6:7 "The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming <5219> obedient <5219> to the faith <4102>."

Other passages make clear just what it is to obey the faith.

16 "But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?"

As the above parallelism shows, to “obey the gospel” is to “believe.”

Hebrews 4: 1-6 juxtaposes faith and obedience:

2 "For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard.
3 For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, "AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST," although His works were finished from the foundation of the world."

Verse 6 summarizes by saying because of disobedience, the people failed to enter the rest. Verses two and three indicate that entering the rest was based upon belief or unbelief:

6 "Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience,"

Peter also considered obedience and belief to be one and the same. Note that while verse six says those who believe will not be disappointed, verses seven and eight say that those who disbelieve are disobedient:

6 "For this is contained in Scripture: "BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A PRECIOUS CORNER stone, AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED."
7 This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, "THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE VERY CORNER stone,"
8 and, "A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE"; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed."

John recognized the relationship between faith and obedience in the following text:

Joh 3:36 "He who believes <4100> in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey <544> the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."