Church Fellowship

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →

that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

And all that believed were together, and had all things common; — read the full passage →

Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them.

because we are members of his body.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;

And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

and when they perceived the grace that was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision;

For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me. — read the full passage →

that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers. — read the full passage →

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not oneof themsaid that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me.

Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

Yea, it hath been their good pleasure; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to minister unto them in carnal things.

Now concerning spiritualgifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — read the full passage →

These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

And day by day, continuing stedfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, — read the full passage →

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. — read the full passage →

And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he that had done this deed might be taken away from among you.

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: — read the full passage →

And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed. — read the full passage →

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →

And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.

Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

Else would they not have ceased to be offered? because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. — read the full passage →

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office: — read the full passage →

Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

using hospitality one to another without murmuring:

For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.

So the church throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified; and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.

They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.

If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: — read the full passage →

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, — read the full passage →

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, — read the full passage →

Now concerning spiritualgifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — read the full passage →

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

that ye receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever matter she may have need of you: for she herself also hath been a helper of many, and of mine own self.

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin:

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

And day by day, continuing stedfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

Paul, calledto bean apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, — read the full passage →

praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.