Church Fellowship

and they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers.

for where there are two or three gathered together--to 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 each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

faithful <FI>is<Fi> God, through whom ye were called to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — read the full passage →

that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship <FI>is<Fi> with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ;

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain <FI>is<Fi> , but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also <FI>is<Fi> the Christ,

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, <FI>is<Fi> with you all! Amen.

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

and all those believing were at the same place, and had all things common, — read the full passage →

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;

because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

for your contribution to the good news from the first day till now,

and all those believing were at the same place, and had all things common,

and having known the grace that was given to me, James, and Cephas, and John, who were esteemed to be pillars, a right hand of fellowship they did give to me, and to Barnabas, that we to the nations, and they to the circumcision <FI>may go<Fi> ,

for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

that they all may be one, as Thou Father <FI>art<Fi> in me, and I in Thee; that they also in us may be one, that the world may believe that Thou didst send me. — read the full passage →

and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company.

and they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers. — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common.

The cup of the blessing that we bless--is it not the fellowship of the blood of the Christ? the bread that we break--is it not the fellowship of the body of the Christ?

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

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

that they all may be one, as Thou Father <FI>art<Fi> in me, and I in Thee; that they also in us may be one, that the world may believe that Thou didst send me.

Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name.

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them.

And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant; — read the full passage →

these all were continuing with one accord in prayer and supplication, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Daily also continuing with one accord in the temple, breaking also at every house bread, they were partaking of food in gladness and simplicity of heart, — read the full passage →

so we, the many, one body are in Christ, and members each one of one another.

And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all; — read the full passage →

and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.

and ye are having been puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he may be removed out of the midst of you who did this work,

if we may say--`we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk--we lie, and do not the truth; — read the full passage →

and if any one do not obey our word through the letter, this one note ye, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed, — read the full passage →

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness? — read the full passage →

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

and there came suddenly out of the heaven a sound as of a bearing violent breath, and it filled all the house where they were sitting,

that the fellowship of thy faith may become working in the full knowledge of every good thing that <FI>is<Fi> in you toward Christ Jesus;

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

since, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no more conscience of sins, having once been purified?

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love; — read the full passage →

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

Do two walk together if they have not met?

hospitable to one another, without murmuring;

for also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,

Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,

Then, indeed, the assemblies throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had peace, being built up, and, going on in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.

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

is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord, — read the full passage →

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us, — read the full passage →

and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety--God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God, — read the full passage →

And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant; — read the full passage →

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

that ye may receive her in the Lord, as doth become saints, and may assist her in whatever matter she may have need of you--for she also became a leader of many, and of myself.

that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing,

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and having appointed to them by vote elders in every assembly, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

if we may say--`we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk--we lie, and do not the truth;

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Daily also continuing with one accord in the temple, breaking also at every house bread, they were partaking of food in gladness and simplicity of heart,

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, — read the full passage →

praising God, and having favour with all the people, and the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the assembly.