Does Ephesians 1:13 list any other requirements for salvation besides believing?
No. Ephesians 1:13 presents hearing the Word of Truth—the Gospel of salvation—and believing in Christ, followed by being sealed with the Holy Spirit. The passage adds no other requirements. The teacher emphasizes that other things commonly attached to salvation today are not in this verse; salvation is faith plus nothing.
Les explains that in Ephesians 1:13 the phrase “in whom you also trusted” is in italics, meaning it was added by the translator and could just as well read “believed.” The sequence given is: first hear the Word of Truth, which is the Gospel, the Good News of salvation; then believe. After believing, the believer is sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, branded with God’s mark of ownership. Les highlights that all the other things attached to salvation today are not in this verse at all. He says they have been added by many people who refuse to look at how Paul puts it, because it is faith plus nothing. He also connects sealing with no condemnation: we are sealed because there is no condemnation, and there is no condemnation because we are sealed.
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
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Does Ephesians 1:13 teach that salvation is faith plus nothing?
In Ephesians 1:13 Paul attaches no other requirements to salvation besides faith; the other things people add to salvation are not in the verse, so salvation is faith plus nothing.
In what order does Ephesians 1:13 place hearing, believing, and being sealed?
Ephesians 1:13 gives the sequence: a person hears the Word of Truth, then believes, and after believing is sealed.