What gospel did Paul preach to the Corinthians?
Paul preached that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, was buried, and rose again according to the Scriptures. This was the only gospel he knew. He brought it into Corinth without fanfare, and it produced multitudes of believers out of paganism.
Les explains that Corinth was steeped in abject idolatry and paganism, a bustling double seaport and commercial city with a large Jewish community. Into that ungodly city Paul came with no fanfare or advance men and simply started preaching the gospel: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, was buried, and rose again according to the Scriptures. Les emphasizes that this was the only gospel Paul knew, and out of it came multitudes of former pagans. He notes that Paul turned the Roman Empire upside down, and to Corinthians plagued with temptations and testings he later says that no temptation has taken them but such as is common to man.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
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What does Paul call 'my Gospel' in 1 Corinthians 15?
Paul calls the message of Christ's death for our sins, burial, and resurrection the third day according to the Scriptures 'my Gospel.'