Salvation: Certainty Or Uncertainity

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Was St. Paul unsure of his own salvation? I’ve heard differing views on this.

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St. Paul taught us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling(Phil2:12 )
He worked out his salvation . He also prayed for a Christian friend of his Onesiphorus in 2nd Timothy chapter 1 who had already died .
 
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St. Paul taught us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling(Phil2:12 )
He worked out his salvation . He also prayed for a Christian friend of his Onesiphorus in 2nd Timothy chapter 1 who had already died .
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How about 1 Cor 4:3-5? I got this from Alan Schreck’s “Catholic and Christian.” Hey, I don’t know too much about this material.

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1Cor 4"3-5 confirms that Paul was not sure of his own salvation . He tells us to work it out in Phil 2:12 If you read 2 Timothy 1:16-18 you will see that Paul"s Christian friend had died who worked out his salvation .Paul even goes as far as to pray for him even in this letter “May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day .” (we also can use this for prayers for the dead ) Paul however does say that us sinners who have faith will be saved but through the fire in 1Cor3:15 . This fire is purgatory . "But if someones work is burnt up that one will suffer loss :the person will be saved but only as through fire . " I have a blog with the subjects of Faith and works .Its my Catholic blog .
www.defendingthefaith-frankie.blogspot.com it covers purgatory/prayers for the dead ,saint intercession,Pope Peter /Apostolic succession ,Mary mother of God ,and much more . I relate Pauls teachings in the Bible and connect them with the teachings of the church .
 
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Was St. Paul unsure of his own salvation? I’ve heard differing views on this.

John
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What does he say in his own epistles? It is clear that he was concerned “that after saving others I may not loose the prize.”
 
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What does he say in his own epistles? It is clear that he was concerned “that after saving others I may not loose the prize.”
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For those looking for the verse, it’s 1 Cor 9:27. If nothing else, it certainly shows that Paul realized it was possible for him to fall and lose his salvation.

Here’s the RSV translation of the passage:
1 Cor 9:24-27 Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Well, I do not run aimlessly, I do not box as one beating the air; but I pommel my body and subdue it,** lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.**
 
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For those looking for the verse, it’s 1 Cor 9:27. If nothing else, it certainly shows that Paul realized it was possible for him to fall and lose his salvation.

Here’s the RSV translation of the passage:
1 Cor 9:24-27 Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Well, I do not run aimlessly, I do not box as one beating the air; but I pommel my body and subdue it,** lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.**
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Thanks. That scripture seems to be a poignant one.

I appreciate those who responded to my question.

John
 
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