Schreiner's objection 2: Paul never teaches salvation comes through the Incarnation

Schreiner and Gordon Fee object that the NT never says salvation comes through the Incarnation — it comes through Christ's death and resurrection. The word teknogonia emphasizes the birthing process, not the results of Christ's life and work. Mike rebuts: (1) The Incarnation is not the whole story of salvation but is an essential part — without the birth, there is no death and resurrection; (2) Paul can refer to one part of the salvation event to invoke the whole; (3) More importantly, dia can be read as 'attendant circumstances' rather than 'instrumental cause' — the same reading Schreiner himself uses for his own View 4. If Schreiner can use attendant-circumstances dia for his interpretation, he cannot deny it to the Messianic view. George Knight says the construction sozo + dia means salvation comes 'through but not by' childbearing.