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Questions on Biblical texts relating to the Christian teaching of Soteriology, AKA "Christian Salvation": This tag is for questions on passages used to support, could likely, or prove to impact one's view of Soteriology, while questions on Soteriology itself remain off-topic.

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When Do You Think That Paul Was Saved

According to Paul himself, baptism is the moment when we put on Christ, and are buried with him in his death and raised to life with him in his life: It's the circumcision "made without hands" of the …
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Did Paul say non-believers might gain Eternal Life in Romans 2:7?

Romans 2:1-16 (my translation) Therefore, O man, you are without excuse. For in whatever you judge another, you condemn yourself: for you who judge do the very same things. And we know of a truth tha …
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Did Paul contradict himself on the works/faith dichotomy? (Romans 2:6-7 vs 4:4-5)

This question may be taken as not conflating salvation with justification insofar as a 'non-works-based' justification necessary must make way for a 'non-works-based' salvation (and the same if works …
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What does Hebrews 6:4-6 mean? Can those who have been saved lose their salvation?

Let's break down the passage in its context (DRB throughout; bold mine)—without importing theology into the text, letting it speak for itself. The author of Hebrews, as the other NT books, very clear …
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John 10:27-30 & Hebrews 6:4-6 -Theological dilemma, must we choose one or the other or can i...

Who is a true Christian, and who is a false, is something known only to God. No one possesses certain knowledge of his own fate, much less those of others. As St. Paul said: 1 Corinthians 4:4 For …
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Are we saved by faith alone or by faith with works? James 2:14-17

Luke 17:5-10 (DRB) And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith. 6 And the Lord said: If you had faith like to a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this mulberry tree, Be thou rooted …
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What is meant in 1 Peter 3:21 when it says "baptism now saves you"

Here is my translation of 1 Peter 3:19-22 (which I feel is a more neutral and less archaic one for exegetical purposes). For Christ also for our sake died once for sins, the just for the unjust, t …
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Disqualification in 1 Cor. 9:27

St. Paul is speaking of whether or not he will be a partaker in the gospel (salvation, life in Christ). He compares the people of God in the Old Testament not partaking of what it was they had progres …
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Galatians 5:18 vs. John 3:16

Do you understand “everyone who believes in him” to include those who don't believe Him when He says something like: “if you would enter life, keep the commandments” (Matthew 19:17)? Certainly not, be …
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A Seeming Contradiction in Ezekiel 33:12-19

Ezekiel 33:12-19 (my translation) Say this, O son of man, to the sons of your people: The righteousness of the righteous man shall not rescue him on the day when he transgresses, and the wickedness o …
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How do we reconcile Eph 2:8-9 with Rom 2:6-7

When it comes to St. Paul's theological arguments, we must be careful to take into consideration the larger context. To that end, let's expand the passage range a little: Ephesians 1-10 (DRB) (emphas …
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How can one reconcile Ephesians 2:8-9 with Philippians 2:12?

Ephesians 2:8-10 τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι διὰ πίστεως καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν Θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων,* ἵνα μή τις καυχήσηται αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν ποίημα κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπὶ ἔργοις …
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Greek question Philippians 3:9 is it "faith in Christ" or "faith of Christ"

St. Paul taught many things by the inherent ambiguity of words, since he taught in simplicity of speech. I in my opinion, he deliberately played off of the inherent multivalence of the Hebrew language …
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Should the word "free" appear in Romans 6:23 as an adjective to "gift"?

Adding "free" to "gift" would be tautological and thus redundant (and therefore wrong in the most forgiving sense of the word), since the definition of gift (as distinct from other things given) is: " …
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Is Ezekiel 20 talking about works-based salvation when it says "my rules, by which, if a per...

The difference between earning salvation, and qualifying for salvation When the Apostles taught that salvation is by faith, not of works, they meant that grace comes by trust in the work of Christ on …
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