Was there a difference between the 4 Gospels and Paul’s gospel?

tonychanyt · Oct 31, 2024

Paul himself answered this question in Galatians 1:

6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

The gospel of Christ was the only gospel.

8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 9As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, and Paul presented the same gospel of Christ, whose death and resurrection provided salvation for all people.

The difference between them was due to different emphases. The four Gospels emphasized Jesus's life, teaching, death, and resurrection, while Paul discussed the theological significance of these events to organize the nascent church to include the Gentiles.

Paul continued in Ga 2:

7 When they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised 8 (for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles), 9 and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

All the apostles worked for the Christ's gospel.

There was no fundamental difference between Paul's gospel and the Four Gospels. Rather, Paul expounded the theological implications of the same historical events and person recorded in the Gospels. Any apparent differences are due to emphasis and target audience.

KevinT · Oct 31, 2024

My favorite analogy.

KT

St_Worm2 · Oct 31, 2024

Hi Tony, are there differences in the Gospel message between the Gospels and the Epistles? Let's take a look at a couple more examples.

The Lord Jesus said,

John 5

24 “He who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life."

The Apostle Paul said,

Romans 10

9 If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

There are differences between the two, of course, but not significant ones.

--David
p.s. - the following two verses, from the Gospel of John and the Acts of the Apostles come to mind too, and again, their messages seem pretty similar.

John 14

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me."

Acts 4

12 “There is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”

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Guojing · Nov 15, 2024

tonychanyt said:
There was no fundamental difference between Paul's gospel and the Four Gospels.

Galatians 5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Romans 7:4: Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

versus

Matthew 5:19: Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Acts 21:21: And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.

This is not a fundamental difference to you?

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Was there a difference between the 4 Gospels and Paul’s gospel?

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