FELLOWSHIP

Fellowship. Fellowship
(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 (Rom. 8: 38, 39); enjoyment of his presence (Ps. 4:6); conformity to his image (1 John 2:6; 1:6); and participation of his felicity (1 John 1:3, 4; Eph. 3:14-21).

(2.) Of saints with one another, in duties (Rom. 12:5; 1 Cor. 12:1; 1 Thess. 5:17, 18); in ordinances (Heb. 10:25; Acts 2:46); in grace, love, joy, etc. (Mal. 3:16; 2 Cor. 8:4); mutual interest, spiritual and temporal (Rom. 12:4, 13; Heb. 13:16); in sufferings (Rom. 15:1, 2; Gal. 6:1, 2; Rom. 12:15; and in glory (Rev. 7:9).

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FELLOWSHIP. → General scriptures concerning Ec 4:9-12; Am 3:3 → See FRATERNITY → See FELLOWSHIP → WITH GOD Ge 5:22,24; 6:9; Ex 29:45; 33:14-17; Le 26:12; Isa 57:15; Zec 2:10; Mr 9:37; Joh 14:23; 17:21,23; 2Co 6:16; 13:11; 1Jo 1:3,5-7; 3:24; Re 21:3,4 → WITH CHRIST Ps 45:9-16; Mt 12:48-50; 18:20; Mr 9:37; Lu 8:21; 24:32; Joh 6:51-57; 14:20-23; 15:1-8; 17:21-23,26; Ro 7:4; 8:1,10,17; 11:17; 12:5; 1Co 1:9; 6:13-15,17; 10:16; 12:12,27; 2Co 11:2; 13:5; Eph 5:30,32; Col 1:27; 3:3; 1Th 5:9,10; Heb 2:11; 1Jo 2:6,24,28; 3:6,24; 4:13; 5:12,20; 2Jo 1:9; Re 3:20
* See COMMUNION

→ OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Ro 8:9; 1Co 3:16; 2Co 13:14
* See COMMUNION
* See HOLY SPIRIT

→ OF THE RIGHTEOUS Ps 55:14; 119:63; Am 3:3; Mal 3:16; Mt 17:4; 20:25-28; 23:8; Mr 10:42-45; Lu 22:32; 24:13-15; Joh 13:34; 15:12; 17:11,21-23; Ac 1:14; 2:1,42,44-47; 17:4; 20:35; Ro 1:12; 14:1-4,10,13-16,18-21; 15:1-7; 1Co 1:10; 10:16,17; 12:13; 16:19,20; Ga 2:9; 6:2,10; Eph 2:14-22; 5:2,19,30; Php 1:3,5,27; 2:1,2; Col 2:2; 3:16; 1Th 4:18; 5:11,14; Heb 3:13; 10:24; 13:1; Jas 5:16; 1Pe 2:17; 3:8,9; 1Jo 1:3,7; 3:14; 4:7,8,11-13
* See COMMUNION OF SAINTS

→ WITH THE WICKED Ge 49:6; Ex 33:15,16; 34:13-16; Nu 25:1-8; De 31:16,17; Jos 23:12,13; Ezr 6:21,22; 9:14; Ps 6:8; 26:4,5; 50:18; 102:6-8; Pr 12:11; 28:19; 29:24; 1Co 5:11; 15:33; 2Pe 2:18,19; 3:17
* See the following sub-topics
* PUNISHMENT OF Nu 33:56; Jos 23:13; Jud 2:3; 3:5-8; Ezr 9:7,14; Ps 106:41,42; Re 2:16,22,23
* See COMPANY, EVIL
* See INFLUENCE

→ WITH THE WICKED FORBIDDEN Ex 23:32,33; 34:12; Nu 16:26; De 7:2-4; 12:30; 13:6-11; Jos 23:6,7,13; Jud 2:2; Ezr 9:1,2,12; 10:11; Ps 1:1; Pr 1:10-15; 4:14,15; 9:6; 14:7; Mt 18:17; Ro 16:17; 1Co 5:9-11; 2Co 6:14-17; Eph 5:11; 2Th 3:6,14,15; 1Ti 6:3-5; 2Ti 3:2-7; 2Pe 3:17; 2Jo 1:9-11; Re 18:1-4 → THE EVIL OF FELLOWSHIP WITH THE WICKED EXEMPLIFIED
* By Solomon 1Ki 11:1-8
* By Rehoboam 1Ki 12:8,9
* By Jehoshaphat 2Ch 18:3; 19:2; 20:35-37
* By Jehoram 2Ch 21:6
* By Ahaziah 2Ch 22:3-5
* By the Israelites Ezr 9:1,2
* By Israel Eze 44:7
* By Judas Iscariot Mt 26:14-16

→ INSTANCES OF THOSE WHO AVOIDED FELLOWSHIP WITH THE WICKED
* Man of God 1Ki 13:7-10
* Nehemiah Ne 6:2-4; 10:29-31
* David Ps 101:4-7; 119:115
* Jeremiah Jer 15:17
* Joseph of Arimathaea Lu 23:51
* Church of Ephesus Re 2:6
* See COMPANY, EVIL
* See INFLUENCE, EVIL

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fellowship. Fellowship, n. society, intercourse, connexion, partlnership, a station in a college

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Fel″low‐ship (?), n. [] 1. 1. The state or relation of being or associate.
2. 2. Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse.
In a great town, friends are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship which is in less neighborhods. Bacon. Men are made for society and mutual fellowship. Calamy. 3. 3. A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest.
The great contention of the sea and skies Parted our fellowship. Shak. Fellowship in pain divides not smart. Milton. Fellowship in woe doth woe assuage. Shak. The goodliest fellowship of famous knights, Whereof this world holds record. Tennyson. 4. 4. Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company.
The sorrow of Noah with his fellowship. Chaucer. With that a joyous fellowship issued Of minstrels. Spenser. 5. 5. (Eng. & Amer. Universities) A foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university.
6. 6. (Arith.) The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; — called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion.
Good fellowship, companionableness; the spirit and disposition befitting comrades. There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee. Shak.