Those things are all too decadent, and take one's mind off the serious business of achieving salvation.

Here was the proof that any person, no matter how insignificant he thought himself, could achieve salvation.

And if that living individual were to achieve salvation, then so would the ancestors.

Hence, it was no longer necessary to convert to Judaism to achieve salvation.

God had meant them to suffer, they said, because only through suffering could they achieve salvation.

Does he think that it's possible for others to achieve salvation without accepting Christ?

Why should anyone care whether he or she will achieve salvation by the terms of someone else's religion?

In previous eras people could find meaning and achieve salvation through religion.

You may not thank him for it, but you will achieve salvation.

The world, the student learns, is hell and human beings must suffer to achieve salvation.