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53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortality."

Romans 8:23 "And not only they, but ourselves also, which have [present

tense] the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."

And that is not conditioned on works. It is already guaranteed to happen, as
explained 6 verses later:

Romans 8:29 "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among

many brethren."

Philippians 2:12 "Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not
as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out
your own salvation with fear and trembling."

Cultists read this verse as if it said "work FOR" or "work TO GET your own

salvation." That's not what it means. "Work out" is a British English
expression, the American English equivalent being "figure out." Paul is
saying in essence, "Figure out whether or not you're saved. Have you ever
sincerely trusted Christ to save you? Have you ever called upon His name
like I wrote in the epistle to the Romans?" Paul is assuming, like many
churches, there could be lost people among the saved people (Galatians 2:4)
in the church at Philippi to which he is writing. Paul wrote so much
elsewhere about salvation by faith and eternal security that he knew that only

the lost people in the congregation would have "fear and trembling" upon
hearing the verse. He wrote something very similar to the church of
Corinth: 2 Corinthians 13:5 "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the
faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that
Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?"

Galatians 5:4b "...ye are fallen from grace."

Since we are saved "by grace" (Ephesians 2:8), cultists assume "falling from
grace" means "losing your salvation." But that assumes that salvation of the