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Plural of gospel

regular plural

The plural of gospel is gospels.

Forms of gospel

Singulargospel /ˈɡɒspəl/
Pluralgospels
Countablecountable and uncountable

Gospels in a sentence

  • The salvifying message of the gospels is central to the Christian faith.From the entry salvifying
  • He would simply say he did what the Jesus of the gospels told him to do.2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian. From the entry homespun
  • If Meier is correct, then the potential contribution of the agrapha and apocryphal gospels to Jesus Research is limited.1998, Bruce David Chilton, Craig Alan Evans, Studying the Historical Jesus, →ISBN, page 483. From the entry agraphon
  • If Crossan is correct, then Jesus Research cannot make genuine and meaningful progress apart from careful study of the agrapha and apocryphal gospels.1998, Bruce David Chilton, Craig Alan Evans, Studying the Historical Jesus, →ISBN, page 483. From the entry agraphon
  • Let us admit that without the proper clues the gospels are, to a modern educated person, nonsensical and incredible, whilst the apostles are unreadable.1915 December (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Androcles and the Lion. Preface on the Prospects of Christianity.”, in Androcles and…. From the entry plain sailing

Meaning of gospel

  1. noun The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the birth, ministry, passion, and resurrection of Jesus.
  2. noun An account of those aspects of Jesus' life, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era.
  3. noun The teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments.

Full definition of gospel

Questions about the plural of gospel

What is the plural of gospel?
The plural of gospel is gospels.
Is gospel countable?
Gospel is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gospel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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