2 Corinthians 11:3; The Simplicity That Is in Christ

2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

“Simplicity” means “Singleness”. There is only one gospel of God that saves, through Jesus Christ as revealed in the Scripture – Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

The Apostle Paul had to write down exactly what is the gospel when he defined it without apology and with earnest sincerity. This was the gospel by which he was saved – 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

As Adolf Deissmann (1866-1937) put its well, “Because it was the message of God to humanity, the gospel could only reveal itself in the simplest of garments.” May it be wholly received for our eternal blessings. Amen.