Philippians 1:19

For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

Knight preferred the translation, "turn out to my deliverance";[37] thus not taking away the truth that Paul was most certainly a saved person already at the time these words were written. Regardless, however, of the confidence some modern Christians seem to have about the certainty of their salvation, Paul evidently preferred the viewpoint that his salvation was something which still pertained to the future. See under Philippians 3:12ff. Of course, it is true that Christians are already "saved in Christ"; but it is also true that they "shall be saved" at the last day.