Right there in that same chapter at the end of it;
1 Timothy 4:16 Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
Apostle Paul shows here only persisting and continuing in the doctrine of the gospel of Christ do you receive salvation, those who do not continue will not receive eternal life.
You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. You clearly do not know the breadth of Scripture's teaching on salvation. If I say to someone, do these exercises and you will make yourself fitter, it does not mean that they are not already fit.
Salvation is OF GOD. Once we come to Jesus Christ and truly believe into Him we are s
aved with an everlasting salvation (Tit 3.5; Eph 2.8-9). We are accounted as righteous before God, reconciled to Him and born of the Spirit. This status is permanent. It means we are
saved once for all.
Once we have entered under this status our Saviour begins the next step, His work of
saving us from the power of sin through His cross (1 Cor 1.18). From the moment of becoming saved from the condemnation of sin we start being saved from the power of sin. That is what Paul is talking about here.. How do we ensure that our lives are gradually saved from the power of sin? By taking heed to our ways according to His word. It is not a question of 'gaining salvation' but of experiencing continuing salvation BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADT BEEN SAVED.
Here is another one from Paul to that states this; Colossians 1:22-23
In the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight— if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Well that is so true. The test of whether someone is truly saved is that they will continue in the faith grounded and settled, and will not be moved away from the hope of the Gospel. That is what our Saviour has promised. That we will never perish and none shall pluck us from His hand. They may appear by men's standards to backslide, but their Saviour will be with them and keep their faith settled in Him. THAT IS WHAT SALVATION IS ALL ABOUT. The Saviour keeping those who are His and never failing them or letting them go.,
Read the parable of the sower. Those sown in GOOD GROUND are fruitful in the end. Those who are bad ground cease to bear fruit, even though for a while they may seem fruitful.
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hen here is one from the Apostle James that makes this even more clearer; James 5:19-20
Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
Very true. A Christian who wanders may even find himself in a position where God will take his life so that he will not be condemned with the world (1 Cor 11.29-32). But if a fellow-Christian steps in and prevents it by bringing about the man's restoration, he will save him from that death. It is speaking about physical death not eternal death. Uzzah in the Old Testament may well have been 'saved'. But he still died for touching the Ark. Ananias and Sapphyra may well have been saved but they died for lying to the Holy Spirit. None of these necessarily suffered eternal death.
Here is what the Greek usage for saving the soul from death is used here; psuché
And what is psuche? It is man's living breath (Gen 2.7). His inner life. His flesh may be destroyed but he will be saved (compare 1 Cor 5.5).
b. "the (human) soul in so far as it is so constituted that by the right use of the aids offered it by God it can attain its highest end and secure eternal blessedness, the soul regarded as a moral being designed for everlasting life": 3 John 1:2;
Do you regularly invent texts? LOL