There are ramifications for every decision that we make. If we are honest, in every decision we make we have little knowledge of where they will take us. In this passage Paul tells us that regardless of why we became Christians, when it happened we began to head into a direction with little knowledge of where that decision would take us. Paul wants us to understand that our salvation in Christ has changed everything for us. That decision has had ramifications we will be working out for the remainder of our lives.