> It can't really be that we need to strive and strain in order to be saved -- Paul seems pretty opposed to that sort of idea, elsewhere. So the real point of t

> It can't really be that we need to strive and strain in order to be saved -- Paul seems pretty opposed to that sort of idea, elsewhere. So the real point of the striving and straining must be the effect it has on our lives here on earth. This interpretation appeals to me.