1 Corinthians: The Gospel

In our text today Paul transitions to a new issue, but he waits to specify the problem. He starts on common ground by reminding the Corinthians about the content of the gospel, particularly to establish that God raised Christ from the dead. That is what Paul and the other apostles preached, and that is what the Corinthians believed. Christ’s resurrection is essential to the gospel and is the foundation on which Paul building in the rest of chapter 15.