Y'all are forgetting, or neglecting (willingly, or from starvation) the huge influence/s, traditions of man has/have when just "reading/interpreting" that which you are reading in whatever translation/s/version/s you use.
The more tradition/s of man? The less "Word of God" gets through to the reader. Not to mention, teacher/s, pastors, shepherds, and their perpetuating tradition/s.
I think it's "dangerously silly" for one's who think salvation/election, is a "cakewalk!" In the light of the O.T., where it certainly wasn't!
It was GIVEN to Adam! Till the FALL! After which, it was taken away! From then onto even NOW? One has to FIGHT to grow!
Sure! Forgiveness is FREE! However, being forgiven, is a FAR CRY, from salvation, and an even farther cry from "being born from above." Which, gets one "in the door" TO the Kingdom of God, and Kingdom of Light. And, even in THIS, it's not a "given", of one's "inheriting" the Kingdom of God. Or how much of the Kingdom one DOES inherit!