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My reply wasn't lacking.

Yeah, you do that a lot--take passages which, in context, mean the opposite of what, ripped out of context, you try to make mean something else--eg, from Heb 3, as we discussed a while back.

Yes, I believe you all are being dishonest with yourselves when you reject what is plainly stated, but I don't mean it with malice.

Oops, I said I did for those to whom it applies. Why did you misrepresent me? Does it concern you that you did that?

Nope, I proved salvation was just the beginning from 1 Co 10. What part of what I said from 1 Co 10 were you disputing?

No, I would have said "it's clear that it's true, and any reader will accept what I'm saying" but I realized there are those who hold fast to traditions, so they will reject what is plain.

When He appears, those spiritually immature, children, who, led away by idols (1 Jn 5:21), are not remaining in Him, will draw back in shame (1 Jn 2:28) unto destruction (Heb 10:39), but those who remain in Him by obeying His commands (1 Jn 3:23,24) will be conformed to His likeness.

I trust it's clear enough that any honest reader will see my point. I'll receive any truth from anyone, and I'll reject any incoherence from anyone--nothing is personal.

Yep, we're "saved"--and, according to 1 Corinthians 10, that's just the start of the story, not its end.

Why, in your view, does God even bother addressing the possibility of "His righteous one" drawing back (as John also warns) if it's an impossibility--especially when my understanding of the content comports with everything in the immediately preceding context?

The Title of the Thread is about 1 Corinthians 10, and the first post is about it, and the discussion (which you admitted you haven't read) has been about it. In what way has this thread not been about 1 Corinthians 10?

I'll thank you to address the passage head-on.

1 Corinthians 10 1I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. 2They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3They all ate the same spiritual food 4and drank the same spiritual drink; for...

The entirety of Hebrews refers to the danger of starting out right, but ending wrong, and Hebrews 10, in particular, touches on that--"if we go on sinning willfully after having come to the knowledge of the truth...". He's encouraging the audience that they are to continue in faith--just as he...

Irrelevant. The point is that merely "believing" isn't enough to obtain eternal life, and John's texts are being abused.

Yes, we are "saved" by the blood of a lamb, and have received the Presence, and have been baptized, and eat spiritual food--all were true of the Jews, yet they fell under God's wrath for sinning after having been saved. This was written to teach us Christians about Christianity.

You can make a thread about your passage if you like, I've made a thread about 1 Corinthians 10.

1 John 5 17All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

No, actually, I proved that the point of the writer of Hebrews was that it was not enough to start off in the right direction, but you must maintain that right direction. Hebrews 10 36You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. ...

Are you actually arguing with John now? He is the one who teaches a distinction between sins, not me.