complete the work of salvation begun in them: “The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it” (1 Thess. 5:24). Similarly, he wrote the Corinthians that “God, who called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful” (1 Cor. 1:9). This is a reminder that confidence about salvation is grounded in God alone. Because temptation is part of human experience, self-confidence and presumption invite disaster, as Paul illustrated in the history of Israel (1 Cor. 10:1–12). But it