What is required for salvation according to Paul?
Paul teaches that salvation requires faith plus nothing, not works of the law. It comes by hearing with faith in the finished work of Christ, who was evidently crucified. If salvation were by law-keeping, Christ died for nothing. The Holy Spirit is received as evidence of salvation through faith, not by works.
Les explains that Paul's requirement for salvation is faith plus nothing. This is not about the Christian experience as we go on down the road, but about salvation itself. In Galatians 3, Paul asks who has bewitched them, emphasizing that it is the finished work plus nothing. The evidence of salvation is receiving the Holy Spirit, not getting there by the works of the law. Romans 10:17 confirms that faith, saving faith that needs nothing else, comes by hearing, and there is no work in hearing.