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To the Colossians, preoccupied with legal codes and intellectual disputes, Paul wrote a letter stressing not only the centrality of Christ but also the need for Christians to live out their faith in genuine community. Paul's antidote to a privatized and intellectualized faith will provide relief to many Christians today. To Philemon, a powerful church leader, Paul wrote a strong personal letter...

“once saved, always saved” kind of religion; nor does he understand faith as a “once for all” decision for Christ. In fact, apostasy (loss of faith) imperils one’s relationship with God and with the community that has covenanted with God for salvation. So he writes that the community’s eschatological fitness holds if you continue in your faith. Schweizer’s suggestion that we understand Paul’s exhortation in terms of his creative integration of redemptive indicatives (the facts of God’s salvation)