Gospel

The Gospel of Luke is cited here as the text that links this ancient priestly roster to the New Testament — Luke's opening verses name Zechariah's division and tie Chronicles to Christmas.

The Gospel is what the Corinthians' faction-fighting is actually distorting — Paul's concern is that their personality cults reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of what the good news is and who it's for.

The Gospel is invoked here as the specific message Paul originally preached — not an abstract idea but a three-point historical claim (died, buried, raised) that the Corinthians had already accepted as the foundation of their faith.

The Gospel is invoked here as the costly message the apostles delivered at personal expense — while the Corinthians settled into comfort, the messengers who brought them that news were being treated as scum.

The Gospel sets the standard by which unrepentant behavior is measured — someone who professes Christ while actively contradicting the Gospel's moral vision undermines the community's witness and integrity.

The Gospel is invoked here as the original message believers must hold onto — the new, supposedly more sophisticated teaching being offered is not an upgrade but a replacement of what is already complete.

Gospel is invoked here to underscore the stakes — John argues that denying Jesus's humanity isn't a secondary dispute but a wholesale replacement of the good news with something fundamentally different.

The Gospel is named here as the destination the Law was always pointing toward — the Ephesian teachers have made the Law a hobby, but Paul insists it only makes sense in light of the good news.

The Gospel is what Paul urges Timothy to guard — the entrusted truth that false teachers are diluting with empty intellectualism, making its protection a matter of urgent faithfulness.

The Gospel is what Paul wants prayer for — he is asking the Thessalonians to intercede specifically that this message would keep moving without hindrance across the Roman world.

The Gospel is highlighted here as the message designed for multiplication — Paul's point in verse 2 is that the good news was never meant to stop with one person but to be handed across four generations of faithful teachers.

The Gospel here refers to Luke's first book, the written account of Jesus's life that sets the stage for everything Acts is about to describe.

The Gospel is proclaimed here by Peter to Gentiles for arguably the first time — he tells it as a story, not a doctrine, tracing Jesus's life, death, resurrection, and universal offer of forgiveness.

The Gospel is portrayed here as irrepressible — when opposition forces Paul and Barnabas out of Iconium, the message doesn't retreat with them but simply takes root in new soil.

The Gospel itself is what Paul and Barnabas see as under attack — adding circumcision as a salvation requirement fundamentally distorts the good news that Jesus alone saves.

The Gospel is what Epaphras brought to Colossae, the message now being threatened by competing philosophies that Paul writes urgently to counter.

The Gospel is what false teachers are attempting to supplement here — adding layers of special knowledge and practices on top of the straightforward good news that Christ is sufficient.

The Gospel is invoked here as the transforming force behind Onesimus's changed status — the good news about Jesus doesn't just save souls, it reshapes social identity and community standing.

The gospel is the deeper subject Paul reveals the marriage passage to be about — marriage at its best is a living embodiment of Christ's sacrificial love for humanity, making the union profoundly meaningful.