“Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures…” 1 Corinthians 15:1, 3-4
Paul’s “gospel” to the Corinthians centered on the physical death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God who became human yet never sinned.
“Remind” can literally be understood as “make known.” Paul is “recalling it into memory” because they had learned it before.
“Received” … Paul first preached the Gospel in Corinth about AD 50. Paul did not originate the proclamation of Jesus that he delivered to the Corinthians; he simply gave the Corinthians what he himself had received. He viewed himself as a link in a long chain of witnesses to the truth of the death and resurrection of Christ.
“Stand” … just as they are saved by the Gospel, Paul says they must stand firm and live by the Gospel.
“First importance” … though Paul had much to teach the Corinthians, nothing was more important than the Gospel. This is always true. The Gospel predominates in Christian teaching. that “Christ died for our sins” and “was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures”. These words form the heart of the Apostles’ Creed, which summarized the Gospel for the early Christians.
Christ’s death dealt decisively with our sins. He suffered in our place to endure the just wrath of God against us.
“According to the Scriptures” indicates Christ lived and died in accordance with the prophecies about Him in the OT.
God’s blessings on your day…