The Present State Paul speaks of Christ’s work as accomplishing the final victory, and he speaks of us participating here and now in essential, although not in full, completeness of that final victory. About as completely and compactly as is possible for one verse to do (2 Tim. 1:10), Paul declares that by his action in history Christ has abolished death, the end-time specter, and brought life and immortality to life through the gospel (see Col. 2:14ff). We, here and now, enter into life and immortality