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Romans 16:26 New International Version (NIV)Romans 16:26 (KJV) 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:
Romans 1:5 (KJV) By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
It's interesting the two phrases come at the beginning and end of the same book (Romans), and they occur only once in the whole Bible.
I do believe they are synonymous with each other, like matching bookends.
26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith—
Romans 1:5 New International Version (NIV)
5 Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name’s sake.