Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.

and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men,

Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,

For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.

and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

Though we speak thus, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things that belong to salvation.

who by God’s power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls.

The prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired about this salvation;

Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation;

And count the forbearance of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,

Occasion of the Letter

Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb!”

And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

The Rejoicing in Heaven

After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,