“through faith” (v. 8). “Salvation” in that sense is what Paul refers to when he says “the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23), and when he says that we “are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (3:24). But Paul can use salvation and related terms in another sense, to refer to the Christian life from initial conversion until our death, a life in which we live in increasing obedience to God and see more and more good