What is the gospel according to 1 Corinthians 15:3-4?

The gospel is that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. It is received by revelation from the ascended, glorified Lord, not Law, works, repentance, or baptism; salvation comes by believing this gospel, taken by faith.

Les explains that the gospel is so plain: we are to believe the Gospel. In 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, the apostle delivered first of all what he received from the ascended, glorified Lord after His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension. God revealed to this apostle of the Gentiles that salvation is not in the Law, not in works, not in repentance and baptism, but in believing the Gospel. Christ died for our sins, did not stay dead, was buried, and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. Les says this is the Gospel. It is simple, yet its power is so complex that no human being can fully understand it; we take it by faith.

1 Corinthians 15:3

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 is the gospel Paul said he delivered first of all in 1 Corinthians 15?

Paul delivered the message he had received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, was buried, and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. This is the gospel—the good news of Christ's redemptive death and resurrection, which believers confess and believe for salvation.