What is the one gospel Paul says he is not ashamed of in Romans 1:16?
Paul is not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, the one gospel: that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again. It is the only gospel, and Romans 1:16 calls it the power of God unto salvation. This is the gospel Paul preached.
Les teaches that Romans 1:16's “gospel of Christ” is the same Gospel Paul referred to in 1 Corinthians 15, 1 Corinthians 1, Ephesians 1, and various other places throughout his epistles. He emphasizes there is only one Gospel: that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again. Les reads Paul as saying he is not ashamed of that Gospel, for it is the power of God unto salvation. He says he stresses this from program to program, then directs listeners back to Hebrews chapter 11.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Is the gospel in 1 Corinthians 15:1 the same gospel Paul mentions in Romans 1:16?
Yes. The gospel Paul declares in 1 Corinthians 15:1 is the same gospel he refers to in Romans 1:16. Paul preached it, the Corinthians received it, and they stand in it. It is the clearest defining of the gospel, centered on what Paul delivered and received.
Why was Paul not ashamed of the gospel?
Paul was not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God unto salvation. The gospel is the message that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again. This one gospel is the means by which God saves, as stated in Romans 1:16.