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With God's grace they can keep it imperfectly. If you cooperate with God's grace and keep it to the best of your ability and confess your sins when you fail you will be saved. What is essential is sincere effort.

In Mt 22:40 a lawyer asks Jesus what the greatest commandment is. Jesus says to love God with everything you have. Is this work of the law necessary for salvation?

That was not my point. I make no such claim. My point was at the end of the scripture I quoted and that is that obedience leads to righteousness.

Rom 6:15-16 15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to...

Lk 10:25-37 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul...

25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all...

For a better understanding of eis look at Mt 26:28 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for(eis) the forgiveness of sins. Does anyone want to argue that the pouring out of Jesus' blood does not lead to the forgiveness of sin?

We should work because Jesus has commanded us to, And when we finish a work we should not boast because it is God's grace that enabled us to do the work and we should remember the following. Lk 17:7-10 7 “Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has...

When you say "verb tense PROVES A CONTINUING RESULT FROM A PAST COMPLETED ACTION.." what verse or verses are you referring to?

1 Cor 6:9-10 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Could we possibly substitute sanctified for perfected?

Col 1;24 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Col 1:24). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society. The problematic words...

Can someone interpret this verse for me? Col 1:24 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

Individuals believe or do not believe.

It says being connected to the vine or not has to do with belief or unbelief and you still do not think it has to do with salvation?