[Hoodat]

You are correct. Also, what is the point of running a race (as Paul puts it) if 'getting saved' is the goal? Once Paul was 'saved', he should have gone back to Tarsus and retired. Yet he believed it necessary to endure in faith.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:7

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Couldn’t have said it better. Salvation is just the first step. You need to continue running the race. If you turn aside or quit you don’t get the prize.

[redleghunter]

How about Paul understood his Savior is also his LORD. The LORD had a lot of demands for him. But Paul could not accomplish the tasks without his vessel being clean. Paul is am example of the obedient redeemed.