Do we work for salvation?
No, salvation is not something people work for; it is totally a gift of God. Scripture states that the wages of sin is death, but salvation is God's gift, not a reward earned by human effort, merit, or good works of any kind.
Les teaches that this is a truth he has to repeat again and again: we do not work for salvation. It is totally a gift of God. He contrasts the wages of sin, which is death, with salvation, which is the gift of God. This comes up in the context of 1 Corinthians chapter 3 and the whole idea of reward, but salvation itself is not earned by works; it is God's gift.