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This is potentially an awkward theological passage, as the verse you have quoted appears to promote the idea that human beings can accomplish their own salvation by their actions. This is a belief called Pelagianism, which has been considered heresy since the earliest days of the Church. If we look at the Greek, the translation you have quoted is pretty ...

In Dr. Thomas Constable's commentary (click the "Constable's Notes" tab), he posits a fourth option: Jesus’ assessed Zaccheus’ promises as an evidence of saving faith. Salvation had come to that house because Zaccheus had exercised saving faith and had thereby proved to be a genuine descendant of Abraham, the spiritual father of all believers. His ...

There are, at least, two different perspectives that can be derived from the phrase "work out your own salvation"... Do something to gain a salvation that you do not already have Live out the salvation that you already do have Reading Phil 2:12 in context of its preceding verses has me to believe that perspective 2 is closer to what Paul is saying ...

Interesting to observe the first person to enter paradise after Christ’s death was this man, a criminal. This must say something that God wanted front-and-center in how we see the results of his death. Going for the short answer I would say the following was not essential for salvation: being baptized, observing the Lord’s supper, going to church, ...

I have seen three very plausible answers to this. Since they are all different answers, I will go ahead and split them up. In reality it could be a combination. One option is to say that the aorist is used to indicate that, from the standpoint of God's decree, this has already happened. So says Moo, Most interpreters conclude, probably rightly, that ...

I have seen three very plausible answers to this. Since they are all different answers, I will go ahead and split them up. In reality it could be a combination. One is that the aorist is used as a rhetorical device to emphasize the surety of the event. Wallace describes this category as follows: An author sometimes uses the aorist for the future to ...

I have seen three very plausible answers to this. Since they are all different answers, I will go ahead and split them up. In reality it could be a combination. This answer is based on the very central idea of Paul that we are in Christ. Analogous to Ephesians 2:6, we are "seated in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus." Just as Jesus has been glorified, we ...