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"Nothing"

  This is the correct answer.

All Gifts are FREE to Keep. 
Even a Christmas Present or a Birthday Gift is given without the expectation of the receiver to be good or loving in the future.  No one checks on another a year later to see if they have remained good or loving in order to still Keep the Gift.  We all know that none of us can be good enough or loving enough.

Salvation came to each saved person, because Jesus was good in our place.  He loved our neighbor in our place.  When we acknowledged that Jesus has done what we could not do and offers salvation freely, without any "work" or "value added" on our part, and we receive Him as our saving Saviour,  we are saved, having added nothing. 

This is called Belief or Trust or Faith.  Not only do these not add any value to salvation, they are a detriment or a drag on the process.  One who simply trusts in another, brings nothing to the table.  He or she is baggage or burden and could not even be considered good ballast.

So when Jesus gives us salvation it is truly the GIFT of God and is entirely 100% free to Keep.

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