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Fellowship (114 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards
of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship. Int. ...
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Contribution (24 Occurrences)
... kon-tri-bu'-shun (koinonia, "communion" or "fellowship," Romans 15:26 2 Corinthians
9:13): The meaning "contribution" is drawn from the context, rather than ...
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Communion (8 Occurrences)
...Fellowship with God (Genesis 18:17-33; Exodus 33:9-11; Numbers 12:7, 8), between
Christ and his people (John 14:23), by the Spirit (2 Corinthians 13:14 ...
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Excommunication
... censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast
out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things ...
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Participation (9 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Distribution; division into shares. 3. (n.) community; fellowship;
association. ... or what fellowship of light with darkness? (DBY). ...
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Listened (120 Occurrences)
... 1 John 1:3 that which we have seen and listened to we now announce to you also,
in order that you also may have fellowship in it with us, and this fellowship...
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Announce (56 Occurrences)
... 1 John 1:3 that which we have seen and listened to we now announce to you also,
in order that you also may have fellowship in it with us, and this fellowship...
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Darkness (177 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 6:14 Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship
have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? ...
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Life (6001 Occurrences)
... There was nothing good or desirable apart from this relation of fellowship. ... This
must be in fellowship with God, the source of all life and activity. ...
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Sanctification (13 Occurrences)
... New Testament Idea 3. Sanctification as God's Gift 4. Questions of Time and Method
5. An Element in All Christian Life 6. Follows from Fellowship with God 7 ...
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Bible Concordance

Fellowship (114 Occurrences)

Acts 2:42 They continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 5:2 You are puffed up, and didn't rather mourn, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.
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1 Corinthians 10:16 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?
(YLT)

1 Corinthians 10:18 See Israel according to the flesh! are not those eating the sacrifices in the fellowship of the altar?
(YLT)

1 Corinthians 10:20 But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God, and I don't desire that you would have fellowship with demons.
(WEB KJV WEY WBS YLT)

2 Corinthians 6:14 Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
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2 Corinthians 6:15 and what fellowship to light with darkness? and what concord to Christ with Belial? or what part to a believer with an unbeliever?
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2 Corinthians 8:4 begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Corinthians 9:13 through the proof of this ministration glorifying God for the subjection of your confession to the good news of the Christ, and 'for' the liberality of the fellowship to them and to all,
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2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.
(WEB WEY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 2:9 and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
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Ephesians 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
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Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Philippians 1:5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Philippians 2:1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Philippians 3:10 that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;
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Philippians 4:14 Howbeit ye did well that ye had fellowship with my affliction.
(ASV)

Philippians 4:15 And ye yourselves also know, ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving but ye only;
(ASV)

1 Thessalonians 2:12 and imploring you to live lives worthy of fellowship with God who is inviting you to share His own Kingship and glory.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 5:22 Be laying hands quickly on no one, nor be having fellowship with sins of others; be keeping thyself pure;
(YLT)

Philemon 1:6 that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.
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Philemon 1:17 If, then, with me thou hast fellowship, receive him as me,
(YLT)

Hebrews 13:16 and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.
(YLT)

1 Peter 4:13 but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice -- exulting;
(YLT)

1 John 1:3 that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.
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1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 John 1:11 for he who is saying to him, 'Hail,' hath fellowship with his evil works.
(YLT)

3 John 1:6 They have testified, in the presence of the Church, to your love; and you will do well to help them on their journey in a manner worthy of your fellowship with God.
(WEY)

Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:
(ASV DBY)

Exodus 20:24 You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
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Exodus 24:5 He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to Yahweh.
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Exodus 29:28 and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel; for it is a wave offering: and it shall be a wave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their wave offering to Yahweh.
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Exodus 32:6 They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
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Leviticus 3:1 "'If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings; if he offers it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before Yahweh.
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Leviticus 3:6 "'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
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Leviticus 4:10 as it is taken off of the bull of the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
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Leviticus 4:26 All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven.
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Leviticus 4:31 All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken away from off of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
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Leviticus 4:35 All its fat he shall take away, like the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.
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Leviticus 6:2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbor in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbor;
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Leviticus 6:12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, it shall not go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning: and he shall lay the burnt offering in order upon it, and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
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Leviticus 7:11 "'This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one shall offer to Yahweh.
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Leviticus 7:13 With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his offering with the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving.
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Leviticus 7:14 Of it he shall offer one out of each offering for a heave offering to Yahweh. It shall be the priest's who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.
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Leviticus 7:15 The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning.
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Leviticus 7:18 If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed to him who offers it. It will be an abomination, and the soul who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.
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Leviticus 7:20 but the soul who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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Leviticus 7:21 When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.'"
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Leviticus 7:29 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying,'He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh out of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
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Leviticus 7:32 The right thigh you shall give to the priest for a heave offering out of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
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Leviticus 7:33 He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion.
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Leviticus 7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meal offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace offerings;
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Leviticus 9:4 and a bull and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before Yahweh; and a meal offering mixed with oil: for today Yahweh appears to you.'"
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Leviticus 9:18 He also killed the bull and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, which he sprinkled around on the altar,
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Leviticus 9:22 Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.
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Leviticus 10:14 The waved breast and the heaved thigh you shall eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you: for they are given as your portion, and your sons' portion, out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the children of Israel.
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Leviticus 17:5 This is to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, that they may bring them to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings to Yahweh.
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Leviticus 19:5 "'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
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Leviticus 22:21 Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
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Leviticus 23:19 You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
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Numbers 6:14 and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
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Numbers 6:17 He shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer also its meal offering, and its drink offering.
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Numbers 6:18 The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.
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Numbers 7:17 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
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Numbers 7:23 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
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Numbers 7:29 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
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Numbers 7:35 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
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Numbers 7:41 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
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Numbers 7:47 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
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Numbers 7:53 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
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Numbers 7:59 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
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Numbers 7:65 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
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Numbers 7:71 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
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Numbers 7:77 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
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Numbers 7:83 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
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Numbers 7:88 and all the cattle for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed.
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Numbers 10:10 "Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God. I am Yahweh your God."
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Numbers 15:8 When you prepare a bull for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace offerings to Yahweh;
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Numbers 29:39 "'You shall offer these to Yahweh in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meal offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.'"
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Deuteronomy 27:7 and you shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God.
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Joshua 8:31 as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had lifted up any iron. They offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh, and sacrificed peace offerings.
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Joshua 22:23 that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let Yahweh himself require it.
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Joshua 22:27 but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;' that your children may not tell our children in time to come,'You have no portion in Yahweh.'
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Judges 20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
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Judges 21:4 It happened on the next day that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
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1 Samuel 10:8 "You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: you shall wait seven days, until I come to you, and show you what you shall do."
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1 Samuel 11:15 All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
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1 Samuel 13:9 Saul said, "Bring here the burnt offering to me, and the peace offerings." He offered the burnt offering.
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2 Samuel 6:17 They brought in the ark of Yahweh, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
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2 Samuel 6:18 When David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Armies.
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2 Samuel 24:25 David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Yahweh was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
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1 Kings 3:15 Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
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1 Kings 8:63 Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, two and twenty thousand head of cattle, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.
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1 Kings 8:64 The same day did the king make the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before Yahweh was too little to receive the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings.
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1 Kings 9:25 Three times a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to Yahweh, burning incense therewith, on the altar that was before Yahweh. So he finished the house.
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2 Kings 16:13 He burnt his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, on the altar.
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1 Chronicles 16:1 They brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
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1 Chronicles 16:2 When David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) With God, consisting in the knowledge of his will (Job 22:21; John 17:3); agreement with his designs (Amos 3:2); mutual affection (Romans 8:38, 39); enjoyment of his presence (Psalm 4:6); conformity to his image (1 John 2:6; 1:6); and participation of his felicity (1 John 1:3, 4; Ephesians 3:14-21).

(2.) Of saints with one another, in duties (Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 18); in ordinances (Hebrews 10:25; Acts 2:46); in grace, love, joy, etc. (Malachi 3:16; 2 Corinthians 8:4); mutual interest, spiritual and temporal (Romans 12:4, 13; Hebrews 13:16); in sufferings (Romans 15:1, 2; Galatians 6:1, 2; Romans 12:15; and in glory (Revelation 7:9).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The state or relation of being or associate.

2. (n.) Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse.

3. (n.) A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest.

4. (n.) Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company.

5. (n.) A foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university.

6. (n.) The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; -- called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion.

7. (v. t.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

COMMUNION; (FELLOWSHIP)

ko-mun'-yun: The terms "communion" and "fellowship" of the English Bible are varying translations of the words koinonia, and koinoneo, or their cognates. They designate acts of fellowship observed among the early Christians or express the unique sense of unity and fellowship of which these acts were the outward expression. The several passages in which these terms are used fall into two groups: those in which they refer to acts of fellowship, and those in which they refer to fellowship as experienced.

I. Acts of Fellowship.

The acts of fellowship mentioned in the New Testament are of four kinds.

1. The Lord's Supper:

Our information concerning the nature of the fellowship involved in the observance of this sacrament is confined to the single notice in 1 Corinthians 10:16, 17, "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?" Owing to the presence of the material elements in the sacrament there is a temptation to limit the word for communion to the sense of partaking. This, however, does not entirely satisfy the requirements of the context. The full significance of the term is to be sought in the light of the argument of the whole section (verses 14-22).

Paul is making a protest against Christians participating in idolatrous feasts on the ground that such feasts are really celebrated in honor of the demons associated with the idols, and that those who participate in them come into fellowship with demons. As a proof of this point the apostle cites the Lord's Supper with which his readers are familiar. By partaking of the cup and the bread the communicants are linked together in unity: "We, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of the one bread." Thus the communion of the elements is a real communion of the worshippers one with another and with Christ. Unless the communion be understood in this spiritual sense Paul's illustration falls short of the mark.

See EUCHARIST.

2. Communism:

The term for fellowship as used in Acts 2:42 is by some interpreted in this sense: "They continued stedfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers." The fact that the four terms are used in pairs and that three of them refer to specific acts observed by the company of believers suggests that the term for fellowship also refers to some definite act similar to the others. It is very plausible to refer this to the community of goods described in the verses immediately following (see COMMUNITY OF GOODS). The author might, however, with equal propriety have regarded the interchange of spiritual experiences as an act of worship in the same class with "the breaking of bread and the prayers."

3. Contributions:

Christian fellowship found a natural mode of expression in almsgiving. This is enjoined as a duty in Romans 12:13 1 Timothy 6:18; Hebrews 13:16. An example of such giving is the great collection raised among the Gentileconverts for the poor saints of Jerusalem (Romans 15:26 2 Corinthians 8:4; 2 Corinthians 9:13). To this collection Paul attached so much importance as a witness to the spirit of fellowship which the gospel inspires in all hearts alike, whether Jew or Gentile, that he desired even at the peril of his life to deliver it with his own hand.

See COLLECTION.

4. Cooperation:

A form of fellowship closely related to almsgiving was that of formal aid or cooperation in Christian work, such as the aid given to Paul by the Philippians (Philippians 1:5). A unique form of this cooperation is the formal endorsement by giving the fight hand of fellowship as described in Galatians 2:9.

II. Fellowship as Experienced.

From the very beginning the early Christians experienced a peculiar sense of unity. Christ is at once the center of this unity and the origin of every expression of fellowship. Sometimes the fellowship is essentially an experience and as such it is scarcely susceptible of definition. It may rather be regarded as a mystical union in Christ. In other instances the fellowship approaches or includes the idea of intercourse. In some passages it is represented as a participation or partnership. The terms occur most frequently in the writings of Paul with whom the idea of Christian unity was a controlling principle.

In its various relations, fellowship is represented:

(1) As a communion between the Son and the Father. The gospel record represents Jesus as enjoying a unique sense of communion and intimacy with the Father. Among many such expressions those of Matthew 11:25-27 (compare Luke 10:21, 22) and John 14-15 are especially important.

(2) As our communion with God, either with the Father or the Son or with the Father through the Son or the Holy Spirit. "Our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ" (1 John 1:3; compare also John 14:6, 23, 16).

(3) As our communion one with another. "If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another" (1 John 1:7). Sometimes the idea of communion occurs in relation with abstract ideas or experiences: "Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness" (Ephesians 5:11); "the fellowship of his sufferings" (Philippians 3:10); "the fellowship of thy faith" (Philemon 1:6). In three passages the relation of the fellowship is not entirely clear: the "fellowship of the Spirit" (Philippians 2:1); "the communion of the Holy Spirit" (2 Corinthians 13:14); and "the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ" (1 Corinthians 1:9). The fellowship is probably to be understood as that prevailing among Christians by virtue of the grace of Christ and the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

It is not to be inferred that the idea of fellowship is limited to the passages in which the specific words for communion are used. Some of the clearest and richest expressions of unity and fellowship are found in the Gospels, though, these words do not occur in them. In fact, perhaps, the most familiar and forcible expressions of the idea are those in which they are represented symbolically, as in the parable of the Vine and the Branches (John 15:1) or in the figure of the Body and its Members (Matthew 5:29 Romans 12:5 1 Corinthians 12).

Russell Benjamin Miller

FELLOWSHIP

fel'-o-ship.

See COMMUNION.

Greek

2842. koinonia -- fellowship
... fellowship. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: koinonia Phonetic Spelling:
(koy-nohn-ee'-ah) Short Definition: participation, communion, fellowship ...
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4790. sugkoinoneo -- to have fellowship with
... to have fellowship with. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sugkoinoneo Phonetic
Spelling: (soong-koy-no-neh'-o) Short Definition: I have fellowship with ...
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3352. metoche -- sharing
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: metoche Phonetic Spelling:
(met-okh-ay') Short Definition: sharing, partnership, fellowship Definition: sharing ...
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2844. koinonos -- a sharer
... Cognate: 2844 (a masculine noun/substantival adjective) -- properly, a participant
who and shares fellowship; a "joint-participant." See 2842 (). ...
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2841. koinoneo -- to have a share of
... of. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: koinoneo Phonetic Spelling: (koy-no-neh'-
o) Short Definition: I share, communicate, have fellowship with Definition: ( ...
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2843. koinonikos -- ready to impart
... communicate, beneficent. Cognate: 2843 (an adjective) -- ready to with
(fellowship in), used only in 1 Tim 6:18. See 2842 (). Word ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Psalm 55:14
We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company.
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1 John 1:3
That which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
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Acts 2:44-47
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
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John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
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2 Peter 3:17
You therefore, beloved, seeing you know these things before, beware lest you also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.
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Strong's Hebrew

8667. tesumeth -- a pledge, security
... Word Origin from sum Definition a pledge, security NASB Word Usage security (1).
fellowship. From suwm; a deposit, ie Pledging -- + fellowship. see HEBREW suwm. ...
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2266. chabar -- to unite, be joined, to tie a magic knot or spell ...
... compact, couple together, have fellowship with, heap up, join self, together,
league. A primitive root; to join (literally or figuratively ...
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5475. sod -- council, counsel
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition council, counsel NASB Word Usage circle
(1), company (1), consultation (1), council (5), fellowship (1), friendship ...
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3027. yad -- hand
... beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, +
creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X ...
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Library

The Fellowship of Scars.
... Sacrifice The Fellowship of Scars. And there's yet more of this winsomeness. ...
The marks of sacrifice cement our fellowship with Him. ...
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Fellowship with God
... Fellowship With God. A Sermon (No.409). Delivered on ... 3. FELLOWSHIP WITH
GOD was one of the richest privileges of unfallen man. The ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/fellowship with god.htm

The Fellowship of his Son.
... The Fellowship of His Son. "GOD is faithful, by whom ye were called into the fellowship
of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord" (1 Cor. 9). A blessed word this is. ...
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Attitude as to Church-Fellowship.
... THE TENNESSEE SYNOD. ATTITUDE AS TO CHURCH-FELLOWSHIP. 95. ... Also church-fellowship
was regarded as a matter, not of expediency and policy, but of conscience. ...
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Divine Fellowship
... III Divine Fellowship. 'That which ... Jesus Christ.'. (1 John 1:3.). My mind and
heart have been dwelling upon that sweet word 'fellowship'. ...
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Whether the Fellowship of Friend is Necessary for Happiness?
... OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR HAPPINESS (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether the
fellowship of friend is necessary for happiness? Objection ...
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Christian Fellowship.
... RELIGIOUS EXULTATION. 659. " Christian Fellowship. 659. SM Fawcett.
Christian Fellowship. 1 Blest be the tie that binds Our ...
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A Welcome to Fellowship.
... RELIGIOUS EXULTATION. 663. " A Welcome to Fellowship. 663. CM Montgomery.
A Welcome to Fellowship. 1 Approach thou blessed of ...
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The Fellowship of the Mystery that Hath Been Hid in God Since the ...
... THE FIRST CENTURY 5 The fellowship of the mystery that hath been hid in God since
the creation is not only the contemplation of the work of His Love in the ...
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Christian Fellowship.
... RELIGIOUS EXULTATION. 658. " Christian Fellowship. 658. CM SF Smith.
Christian Fellowship. 1 Planted in Christ, the living vine ...
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Subtopics

Fellowship

Fellowship of the Holy Spirit

Fellowship of the Righteous

Fellowship with Christ

Fellowship with God

Fellowship with the Wicked

Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden

Fellowship with the Wicked: Punishment of

Fellowship: General Scriptures Concerning

Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship With the Wicked Exemplified by Ahaziah

Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship With the Wicked Exemplified by Israel