(2Co 3:6) “Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.” The “letter killeth” – period. It is so important to understand fully that salvation was never, and can never even “in” salvation give or keep it. The standard is not “try”. The standard is “keep without fail” (James 2:10). It is all of God; the blood of the sinless Jesus that covers our sin.