[boatbums]

There seems to be a confusion over what it takes to GET 'saved' and what it takes to STAY 'saved'.

And since being "saved" pertains to our ultimate salvation in heaven with God when we die or otherwise leave this earth, "getting" and "staying" saved are the SAME thing. Right?

[Elsie]

..."getting" and "staying" saved are the SAME thing. Right?

Well; the Book says something about ENDURING to the end

and

Ephesians 2:8-9   Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)
8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God;
9 Not of works, that no man may glory.

 

Ephesians 2:8-9   New International Version (NIV)

8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

 

 

 

 

1 Corinthians 15:2   Douay-Rheims Bible
 By which also you are saved, if you hold fast after what manner I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain.
 

1 Corinthians 15:2 NIV
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

 

 

 

 

1 John 5:13 - These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.