among the gathered people an Anglican bishop. Thinking that he was surely a likely prospect for the Lord’s salvation, she approached him with the friendly question, “Sir, are you saved?” The bishop replied, “Young lady, do you mean esōthan (aorist, for the past event), sesōsmai (perfect, for the past fact with continuing results), sōzomai (present, for the present deliverance from the power of sin), or sōthēsomai (future, for the future consummating deliverance from the presence of sin)?” The young