Fellowship
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FELLOWSHIP.See Communion.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
According to its basic biblical meaning, fellowship is concerned not with people enjoying each others company, but with people participating together in something. Fellowship is communion having a share in something.
Fellowship with means sharing in
An example of the biblical meaning of fellowship is the Lords Supper, or Holy Communion. The act of believers in eating bread and drinking wine in the Lords Supper is an act of fellowship with Christ, for it is a spiritual sharing in his body and blood. It is a participation in Christ and all that his sacrificial death means (1Co_10:16; see LORDS SUPPER). By being united with Christ, believers share in him, have fellowship with him (1Co_1:9; Heb_3:14). Likewise they have fellowship with the Father (1Jn_1:3) and with the Holy Spirit (2Co_13:14; Php_1:21; Heb_6:4), for through faith in Christ they have become sharers in the divine nature (2Pe_1:4).
In all these cases the fellowship may involve only the individual believer and God. The believer has fellowship with God, regardless of whether joined by fellow believers. If others join, however, they collectively have fellowship with God. Therefore, when the Bible speaks of Christians having fellowship together, it means that together they have fellowship with God, not that they enjoy being with each other (1Jn_1:3). But by having fellowship together with God, they will indeed be joined together in a true and happy union (Joh_17:21-22; 1Co_10:16-17).
Sin spoils the believers fellowship with God. Those who think they can sin as they please and still have fellowship with God are deceiving themselves. By contrast those who live righteously will enjoy unbroken fellowship with God, because God in his grace cleanses the sins that they unknowingly commit (1Jn_1:6-7).
Fellowship with Christ means not only sharing in the blessings that come through his sacrificial death, but also sharing in the sufferings that he endured (Php_3:10; 1Pe_4:12-14; Rev_1:9). But if people have fellowship with him in his sufferings, they will also have fellowship with him in his glory (2Ti_2:11-12; 1Pe_5:1).
Sharing in a common possession
As Christians jointly participate in Christ, so this fellowship binds them together (Act_2:42). There is therefore a sense in which they have fellowship with one another, but again this fellowship is usually in someone or something that they have as a common possession (Php_1:7; Heb_3:14; 2Pe_1:4). Their fellowship is a joint sharing in a common faith (Tit_1:4), in a common salvation (Jud_1:3) and even in their common sufferings (2Co_1:7; Rev_1:9). They share in the gospel by helping those who preach it (Php_1:5; Php_4:14-18), and share in the financial support of poor Christians by giving money to help them (Rom_15:27; 2Co_8:4; 2Co_9:11). From this latter example fellowship developed the more specialized meaning of financial contribution (cf. Rom_15:26; 2Co_8:4; 2Co_9:13).
There are certain things that Christians are not to have fellowship with, not to share in, not to participate in. They are not to identify with others in a way that signifies a sharing in the wrongdoings of such people (1Ti_5:22; 2Jn_1:10-11). Neither are they to share in marriage with non-believers (2Co_6:14-15) or in religious feasts where food has been offered to idols (1Co_10:20-21). They are to have no part, no share, in anything that is sinful (Eph_5:11; Rev_18:4).
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary by Don Fleming
PRINTER 1990.
fel?ō̇-ship. See COMMUNION.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Fellowship
in a college,- a station of privilege and emolument enjoyed by one who is elect-d a member of any of those endowed societies which in the English universities are; called colleges. The person so elected shares the benefits of the foundation in common with the other, members, and from such participation derives the name of fellow, the Latins name for which in the statutes of most of the colleges is socius. SEE UNIVERSITY.
In Oxford and Cambridge " the fellowships Were either constituted by the original founders of the colleges to which they belong, or they have been since endowed. In almost all cases their holders must have taken at least the first degree of bachelor of arts or student in the civil law. One of the greatest changes introduced by the commissioners under the University Act of 1854 was the throwing open of the fellowships to all members of the university of requisite standing, by removing the old restrictions by which many of them were confined to founder's kin, or to the inhabitants of certain dioceses, archdeaconries, or other districts. Fellowships vary greatly in value. Some of the best at Oxford, in good years, are said to reach £700 or even £800, whilst there are others which do not amount to £100, and many at Cambridge which fall short of that sum. Being paid out -of the college revenues which arise from land they also vary from year to year, though from this arrangement, on thee other hand, their general value with reference to the value of commodities is preserved nearly unchangeable, which would not be the case if they consisted of :a fixed payment in money. The senior fellowships are the most lucrative, a system of promotion being established among their holders; but they all confer on their holders the privilege of occupying apartments in the college, and generally, in addition, certain perquisites as to meals or commons. Many fellowships are tenable for life, but in general they are forfeited should the holder attain to certain preferments in the Church or at the bar, and sometimes in the case of his succeeding to property above a certain amount. In general, also, they are forfeited by marriage, though this disability may now be removed by a special vote of the college, permitting the fellow to retain his fellowship notwithstanding his marriage. With the single exception of Downing College, Cambridge, in which the graduates of both universities are eligible, the fellowships are confined to the graduates of the university to which they belong."
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
According to its basic biblical meaning, fellowship is concerned not with people enjoying each others company, but with people participating together in something. Fellowship is communion having a share in something.
Fellowship with means sharing in
An example of the biblical meaning of fellowship is the Lords Supper, or Holy Communion. The act of believers in eating bread and drinking wine in the Lords Supper is an act of fellowship with Christ, for it is a spiritual sharing in his body and blood. It is a participation in Christ and all that his sacrificial death means (1Co_10:16; see LORDS SUPPER). By being united with Christ, believers share in him, have fellowship with him (1Co_1:9; Heb_3:14). Likewise they have fellowship with the Father (1Jn_1:3) and with the Holy Spirit (2Co_13:14; Php_1:21; Heb_6:4), for through faith in Christ they have become sharers in the divine nature (2Pe_1:4).
In all these cases the fellowship may involve only the individual believer and God. The believer has fellowship with God, regardless of whether joined by fellow believers. If others join, however, they collectively have fellowship with God. Therefore, when the Bible speaks of Christians having fellowship together, it means that together they have fellowship with God, not that they enjoy being with each other (1Jn_1:3). But by having fellowship together with God, they will indeed be joined together in a true and happy union (Joh_17:21-22; 1Co_10:16-17).
Sin spoils the believers fellowship with God. Those who think they can sin as they please and still have fellowship with God are deceiving themselves. By contrast those who live righteously will enjoy unbroken fellowship with God, because God in his grace cleanses the sins that they unknowingly commit (1Jn_1:6-7).
Fellowship with Christ means not only sharing in the blessings that come through his sacrificial death, but also sharing in the sufferings that he endured (Php_3:10; 1Pe_4:12-14; Rev_1:9). But if people have fellowship with him in his sufferings, they will also have fellowship with him in his glory (2Ti_2:11-12; 1Pe_5:1).
Sharing in a common possession
As Christians jointly participate in Christ, so this fellowship binds them together (Act_2:42). There is therefore a sense in which they have fellowship with one another, but again this fellowship is usually in someone or something that they have as a common possession (Php_1:7; Heb_3:14; 2Pe_1:4). Their fellowship is a joint sharing in a common faith (Tit_1:4), in a common salvation (Jud_1:3) and even in their common sufferings (2Co_1:7; Rev_1:9). They share in the gospel by helping those who preach it (Php_1:5; Php_4:14-18), and share in the financial support of poor Christians by giving money to help them (Rom_15:27; 2Co_8:4; 2Co_9:11). From this latter example fellowship developed the more specialized meaning of financial contribution (cf. Rom_15:26; 2Co_8:4; 2Co_9:13).
There are certain things that Christians are not to have fellowship with, not to share in, not to participate in. They are not to identify with others in a way that signifies a sharing in the wrongdoings of such people (1Ti_5:22; 2Jn_1:10-11). Neither are they to share in marriage with non-believers (2Co_6:14-15) or in religious feasts where food has been offered to idols (1Co_10:20-21). They are to have no part, no share, in anything that is sinful (Eph_5:11; Rev_18:4).
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary by Don Fleming
PRINTER 1990.
fel?ō̇-ship. See COMMUNION.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Fellowship
in a college,- a station of privilege and emolument enjoyed by one who is elect-d a member of any of those endowed societies which in the English universities are; called colleges. The person so elected shares the benefits of the foundation in common with the other, members, and from such participation derives the name of fellow, the Latins name for which in the statutes of most of the colleges is socius. SEE UNIVERSITY.
In Oxford and Cambridge " the fellowships Were either constituted by the original founders of the colleges to which they belong, or they have been since endowed. In almost all cases their holders must have taken at least the first degree of bachelor of arts or student in the civil law. One of the greatest changes introduced by the commissioners under the University Act of 1854 was the throwing open of the fellowships to all members of the university of requisite standing, by removing the old restrictions by which many of them were confined to founder's kin, or to the inhabitants of certain dioceses, archdeaconries, or other districts. Fellowships vary greatly in value. Some of the best at Oxford, in good years, are said to reach £700 or even £800, whilst there are others which do not amount to £100, and many at Cambridge which fall short of that sum. Being paid out -of the college revenues which arise from land they also vary from year to year, though from this arrangement, on thee other hand, their general value with reference to the value of commodities is preserved nearly unchangeable, which would not be the case if they consisted of :a fixed payment in money. The senior fellowships are the most lucrative, a system of promotion being established among their holders; but they all confer on their holders the privilege of occupying apartments in the college, and generally, in addition, certain perquisites as to meals or commons. Many fellowships are tenable for life, but in general they are forfeited should the holder attain to certain preferments in the Church or at the bar, and sometimes in the case of his succeeding to property above a certain amount. In general, also, they are forfeited by marriage, though this disability may now be removed by a special vote of the college, permitting the fellow to retain his fellowship notwithstanding his marriage. With the single exception of Downing College, Cambridge, in which the graduates of both universities are eligible, the fellowships are confined to the graduates of the university to which they belong."
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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