<p>6:16 <i>For men swear by something greater, and in every dispute of theirs, the oath is final for confirmation</i>- The fact God has promised our salvation on oath should end any dispute within our own minds, or theologically with others such as Judaists, that we really can be saved by faith through grace. The greatest possible assurance has been given; oaths have to be made upon some higher source entity, and that entity is God. The confirmation should therefore be seen as &quot;final&quot;, all our wonderings and hopping between certainty and uncertainty should be no more; the assurance is total and final. This oath is &quot;an end of all strife&quot; (AV), what cannot be contradicted (s.w. 7:7 &quot;without contradiction&quot;). There can be no argument against the proposition that we are saved in Christ right now. The confirmation is in the Lord's death (Rom. 15:8) and the gift of the Spirit in our hearts (2 Cor. 1:21,22; Heb. 13:9 s.w.). But His word of promise is itself confirmed. The arguments every way are for our total assurance that His promise of salvation shall come true for me, today.</p>