There is the authority of salvation. An author commissioned by the will of God; a readership made holy and believing through a relationship with Christ; and a salutation leaving behind the niceties of courteous greetings in the interests of a transforming grace and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ—all imply a salvation that is sovereign. The divine omnipotence in salvation introduces this letter and Paul goes on immediately to elaborate this theme. The divine authority of salvation
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