yes we understand that to you 'saved' does not mean 'saved' and 'saints' do not mean 'saints'
IOW you believe in meaningless illusions and temporary lies without any assurance or steadfast hope.
but ya ain't answering my question, my dude:
- what specifically do 'you intend to' endure in and how do 'you intend to' do so?
The issue here is not my understanding of what a "saint" is...it's the OSAS crowd's understanding.
I've shown you that agape is only attributed to the righteous, because it's demonstrated by keeping the Ten Commandments, which the Bible says the wicked cannot do...AND...not one time in Scripture is the word ever attributed to the wicked.
Therefore, the "many" -- whose fate is contrasted with those which "endure to the end" and are "saved" -- allow widespread iniquity to cause their agape to grow "cold", which is even more hopeless a condition than the "lukewarm" Laodiceans who are rejected by God (unless they repent, that is).
So, OSAS now finds itself arguing the wicked are capable of receiving agape from God so the "many" can be wicked...OR...it must argue that the "many" are saints and that "cold" agape is no threat to a saint's salvation (though lukewarm is cause for rejection) which totally renders the passage incredibly unnecessary because, "WHO CARES, Lord Jesus, if agape grows cold or stays hot if in the end, all wind up saved???"
Of course, we've got this other idea that the "many" refers to "physical tribulation-period bodies" that endure to the end and saved, although Jesus spent 3 1/2 years telling us we need spiritual salvation, not to worry what man does to this body, and that if we're faithful unto death, we get a crown of life....
and ZERO time telling us about "physical salvation".
All of these redonkulous ideas would not be necessary if people would just believe the Bible: a saint is a saint as long as his will is surrendered to Jesus as his Lord and Savior (a purely cognitive,
non-works, thought process) and continuously abides in the Vine, period.