But wait a minute, that's not Jesus, it's Paul...
And that must be (according to you) YOUR salvation, not "the salvation God gave you", right?
... sez the guy who sez he doesn't "proof-text", foraging through Proverbs while IGNORING Eph. 2:9, Tit. 3:5, 2 Tim. 1:9, Rom. 4:1-6, 11:5-6, etc. etc. etc.
So Paul is god now?
Do you really have hope in Paul's no one can be gospel?
Look ....... no one can be?
Just convert to not being?
How does that work out.
Seriously .....