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The Fellowship of Jesus Christ
I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus,5. that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge,6. even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,7. so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,8. who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.9. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:4-9
The Fellowship of the Mystery
which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:6. that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,7. of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. 8. To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,9. and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;10. to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places,11. according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,12. in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.13. Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Ephesians 3:5-13
Count all things loss for the fellowship of His suffering
Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ9. and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;10. that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,11. if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.12. Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.13. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,14. I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.15. Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.16. Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.
Philippians 3:8-16
The Fellowship of the Father and the Son
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life—2. the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us—3. that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.4. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.
1 John 1:1-4
