# 368 – What Is ‘The Gospel’?

Romans 1:1, 9, 16,  2:16,   10:16,   11:28,   15:16, 19, 29,   16:25,     Genesis 3:15,  

   I Corinthians 4:15,   9:12, 14, 18, 23,   15:1,     II Corinthians 2:12,   4:3-4,   8:18,   9:13,   10:14,   11:4, 7,  

  Galatians 1:6-7, 11-12,    2:2, 5, 7,14,    3:8

                   The Gospel                                                                                     WT 368

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God [God’s gospel].             ROMANS 1:1

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers.                                                                                                                                          ROMANS 1:9

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 Judaen first, and also to the Greek.                                                                                                                    ROMANS 1:16

In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.                                ROMANS 2:16

But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?                           ROMANS 10:16

As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.                                                                                                                                                              ROMANS 11:28

That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the nations, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, being sanctified by holy spirit.                                                                                         ROMANS 15:16

Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of (the) Christ.                                                                                              ROMANS 15:19

And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing [of the gospel] of Christ.   ROMANS 15:29

Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began.                                                           ROMANS 16:25

For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.                                                                                                                                  I CORINTHIANS 4:15

If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of (the) Christ.                                                                           I CORINTHIANS 9:12

Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.                     I CORINTHIANS 9:14

What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel [verb], I may make the gospel [of Christ] without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.                                                                                                         I CORINTHIANS 9:18

And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.                                            I CORINTHIANS 9:23

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand.                                                                                                                                                      I CORINTHIANS 15:1

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel [concerning the gospel of the Christ], and a door was opened unto me of the Lord.                                                                                                                               II CORINTHIANS 2:12

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ [the gospel of the glory of the Christ], who is the image of God, should shine unto them.                                                                                                                         II CORINTHIANS 4:3-4

And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches.            II CORINTHIANS 8:18

Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of (the) Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men.                                                                  II CORINTHIANS 9:13

For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of (the) Christ.                                                                                                 II CORINTHIANS 10:14

For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.                      II CORINTHIANS 11:4

Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?                                                                                                                                                    II CORINTHIANS 11:7

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel. Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of (the) Christ.                          GALATIANS 1:6-7

But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.                                                                      GALATIANS 1:11-12

And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that (the) gospel which I preach among the nations, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.                                      GALATIANS 2:2

To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.                                                                                                                                                                        GALATIANS 2:5

But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter.                                                                                                                           GALATIANS 2:7

But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Judaen, livest after the manner of nations, and not as do the Judaens, why compellest thou the nations to live as do the Judaens?                                                                                                                                                  GALATIANS 2:14

The  Word ‘Gospel’                                                                           WT 368

Gospel - (NOUN) euangelion:        [Bullinger’s Lexicon]

From Homer to Plutarch, ‘the reward for a good message’. Later Greek writers use it in the sense simply of ‘good message’.

As ‘to didaskalion’ [Greek - the teaching, the substance of the teaching] denoted primarily what was taught, and then later, in the plural, the fees paid for instruction, so, reversedly, ‘euangelion’ denoted primarily the reward paid for a good message, and then the good message itself.

The KJV translates euangelion:                 gospel – 46x

                                                                    gospel of Christ – 11x

                                                                    gospel of God – 7x

                                                                    gospel of the kingdom – 3x

                                                                    miscellaneous other terms - 10x

ETYMOLOGY      [Wikipedia]

"Good News" is the English translation of the Koine Greek  euangélion.

The Greek term was Latinized as evangelium in the Vulgate.

In Old English, it was translated as gōdspel. 

gōdspel  = gōd "good" + spel "news" or “message”

The Old English term gōdspel was retained as ‘gospel’ in Middle English Bible translations and hence remains in use also in Modern English translations.

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Gospel - (VERB) euangelizō:

The KJV translates euangelizō:                  preach – 23x

                                                                    preach the gospel – 22x

                                                                    bring good tidings – 2x

                                                                    show glad tidings – 2x

                                                                    bring glad tidings – 1x

                                                                    declare glad tidings – 1x

                                                                    declare – 1x

                                                                    miscellaneous other terms - 3x