Is salvation just being saved from hell, or is there more?
Salvation is more than deliverance from hellfire. The gospel by which believers are saved also declares them righteous through an imputation of God Himself. The context teaches that those who stand in the gospel have been made righteous, not merely spared judgment, so salvation includes a righteous standing before God.
Les teaches that the gospel Paul talks about is found in First Corinthians chapter 15, and he calls it the clearest definition of the gospel of salvation. Paul declares to the Corinthian believers the gospel he preached, which they received and in which they stand, and by which they are saved. Les explains that another way to express “saved” is “made righteous.” He stresses that not only are we saved from hellfire, but we have been declared righteous by an imputation of God Himself. Therefore salvation is not only rescue from hell; it also includes being declared righteous by God.
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;