and are being saved (2 Cor. 2:15). The present passive form of the participle are being saved is characteristic of Paul’s view of salvation in his letters. Salvation is present and thus progressive throughout this life; it is performed by the grace of God. Final salvation comes at the end of the age, at the completion of the present mission-ministry (Rom. 11:25), when God will raise the dead and transform the living remnant (1 Cor. 15:42–57). But not all who experience the aroma of the gospel are