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Is
best described as sharing, or having much in common with others.
It shares with our word 'Communion' (q.v.) the same Greek
original koinonia. Christian fellowship is sharing the knowledge
and experience of the gospel and the hope of salvation. In
the early church the more fortunate Christians actively helping
those under persecution in practical ways with gifts and money,
demonstrating such fellowship (see Philippians 4:10-20).
Fellowship is an exercise in love. The apostle John makes
the point that unless we love our brothers and sisters we
have no fellowship with God and Jesus Christ: "We proclaim
to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have
fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father
and with His Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our
joy complete
. If we claim to have fellowship with Him
yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have
fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son,
purifies us from all sin." (1 John 1:3-4,6-7).
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Faith
1. Trust
2. Belief
Fall
Fast
Father
Fear
Fellowship
First Born
The "firstborn from the dead"
First fruits
Flesh
Fool
Forgive, Forgiveness
Foundation (Stone)
1. The foundation of the earth
2. The foundation of faith
Fulfil
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