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By salvation I mean, not barely (according to the vulgar notion) deliverance from hell, or going to heaven, but a present deliverance from sin, a restoration of the soul to its primitive health, its original purity; a recovery of the divine nature; the renewal of our souls after the image of God in righteousness and true holiness, in justice, mercy, and truth.29
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Michael J. Gorman (Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission (The Gospel and Our Culture Series (GOCS)))