What do the Gospels mean when they talk about being saved?

Common Greek word has broader meaning than rescue from peril

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Growing up evangelical, I was taught that salvation was something that had to do with going to heaven and being spared from the punishment of hell. But these days, as I read the Gospels, I wonder if being saved, as the word is used in the New Testament, doesn’t have a lot more with the here and …