Salvation in Christianity
While the idea of Jesus' death as an atonement for human sin was derived from the Hebrew Bible, and was elaborated in Paul's epistles and in the Gospels, Paul saw the faithful redeemed by participation in Jesus' death and rising. Early Christians regarded themselves as partaking in a new covenant with God, open to both Jews and Gentiles, due to the sacrificial death and subsequent exaltation of Jesus Christ.
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