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17:6; (d) to the faith, Acts 6:7; the gospel, Rom. 10:16; 2 Thess. 1:8; Christian doctrine,
Rom. 6:17 (as to a form or mold of teaching); (e) to apostolic injunctions, Phil. 2:12; 2
Thess. 3:14; (f) to Abraham by Sarah, 1 Pet. 3:6; (g) to parents by children, Eph. 6:1; Col.
3:20; (h) to masters by servants, Eph. 6:5; Col. 3:22; (i) to sin, Rom. 6:12; (j) in general,
Rom. 6:16.¶
2.
(
&
, 3982), “to persuade, to win over,” in the passive and middle voices,
“to be persuaded, to listen to, to obey,” is so used with this meaning, in the middle voice,
e.g., in Acts 5:36-37 (in v. 40, passive voice, “they agreed”); Rom. 2:8; Gal. 5:7; Heb.
13:17; Jas. 3:3. The “obedience” suggested is not by submission to authority, but
resulting from persuasion.
“
8
and
$
, ‘to trust,’ are closely related etymologically; the difference in
meaning is that the former implies the obedience that is produced by the latter, cf. Heb.
3:18-19, where the disobedience of the Israelites is said to be the evidence of their
unbelief Faith is of the heart, invisible to men; obedience is of the conduct and may be
observed. When a man obeys God he gives the only possible evidence that in his heart he
believes God. Of course it is persuasion of the truth that results in faith (we believe
because we are persuaded that the thing is true, a thing does not become true because it is
believed), but
, in NT suggests an actual and outward result of the inward
persuasion and consequent faith.”* See
ASSURANCE
, B, No. 3.
3.
(
$ !
, 3980), “to obey one in authority” (No. 2, and
,
“rule”), is translated “obey” in Acts 5:29, 32; “to be obedient,” Titus 3:1,
RV
(
KJV
, “to
obey magistrates”); in Acts 27:21, “hearkened.” See
HEARKEN
.¶
4.
(
!
, 544), “to disobey, be disobedient” ( , negative, and No. 2), is
translated “obey not” in Rom. 2:8; 1 Pet. 3:1; 4:17. See
DISOBEDIENT
.
Note:
In 1 Cor. 14:34,
KJV
,
$
, “to be in subjection” (
RV
), is translated “to be
under obedience”; so Titus 2:5,
RV
, “being in subjection” (
KJV
, “obedient”); and v. 9,
RV
(
KJV
, “to be obedient”). See
SUBJECTION
.
C. Adjective.
$
(
% )
, 5255), “obedient” (akin to A, No. 1), “giving ear, subject,”
occurs in Acts 7:39,
RV
, “(would not be) obedient,”
KJV
, “(would not) obey”; 2 Cor. 2:9;
Phil. 2:8, where the
RV
“
2
” is useful as making clear that the “obedience” was not to
death but to the Father.¶
For the verb
OBJECT,
Acts 24:19
, see
ACCUSATION
, B, No. 4
For
OBJECTS,
RV
, in
Acts 17:23
, see
WORSHIP
OBSERVATION, OBSERVE
A. Noun.
(
$ )$
, 3907), “attentive watching” (akin to
, “to
observe”), is used in Luke 17:20, of the manner in which the kingdom of God (i.e., the
operation of the spiritual kingdom in the hearts of men) does not come, “in such a manner
* From
Notes on Thessalonians,
by Hogg and Vine, pp. 254, 255.