<p>3:7 <i>This was so that being justified by His grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life</i>- The gift of the transforming Spirit was so that we might receive eternal life. Our salvation involves change now; that is why when the Lord's death enabled our salvation, the Spirit was given and made available for all who would believe. So being <i>made</i> heirs speaks of the Spirit <i>making</i> us appropriate to be heirs- by grace, for of our own strength we shall never conform our minds and lives as is appropriate. We are &quot;made heirs&quot; by baptism into the Lord Jesus, the seed of Abraham who is the singular &quot;heir&quot;; but the whole process doesn't end there. We are &quot;made heirs&quot;, made in practice who we are by status, by the ongoing operation of the Spirit after our baptisms. Hence the NT emphasis that it is baptism which results in the gift of the Spirit.</p>