Did you go through so much to no purpose?--if indeed it really was to no purpose!
And by means of which you are being saved. I would remind you of the very words that I used in telling it to you, since you are still holding fast to it, and since it was not in vain that you became believers in Christ.
Can you be so foolish? After beginning with what is spiritual, do you now end with what is external?
Take care that you do not lose the fruit of all our work; rather, reap the benefit of it in full.