Does Paul assume that Christians will remain in salvation? If so, on what basis? What, if anything, can disrupt this continuity, and to what extent can it do so? Using detailed exegetical analysis of the relevant texts, Judith Volf addresses what Paul believed about continuity in salvation and the importance of this theme for subsequent Christians.
Judith M. Gundry Volf is Research Scholar and Associate Professor (Adjunct) of New Testament at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut. She is coauthor of A Spacious Heart: Essays on Identity and Belonging.