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fellowship recognized and enjoyed; thus it is used of the common experiences and
interests of Christian men, Acts 2:42; Gal. 2:9; of participation in the knowledge of the
Son of God, 1 Cor. 1:9; of sharing in the realization of the effects of the blood (i.e., the
death) of Christ and the body of Christ, as set forth by the emblems in the Lord’s Supper,
1 Cor. 10:16; of participation in what is derived from the Holy Spirit, 2 Cor. 13:14 (
RV
,
“communion”); Phil. 2:1; of participation in the sufferings of Christ, Phil. 3:10; of
sharing in the resurrection life possessed in Christ, and so of fellowship with the Father
and the Son, 1 John 1:3, 6-7; negatively, of the impossibility of “communion” between
light and darkness, 2 Cor. 6:14; (b) fellowship manifested in acts, the practical effects of
fellowship with God, wrought by the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers as the outcome
of faith, Philem. 6, and finding expression in joint ministration to the needy, Rom. 15:26;
2 Cor. 8:4; 9:13; Heb. 13:16, and in the furtherance of the Gospel by gifts, Phil. 1:5. See
COMMUNICATION
,
CONTRIBUTION
,
DISTRIBUTION
,
FELLOWSHLP
.¶
B. Adjective.
(
, 2844), “having in common,” is rendered “have communion
with (the altar),”—the altar standing by metonymy for that which is associated with it—
in 1 Cor. 10:18,
RV
(for
KJV
, “are partakers of”), and in v. 20, for
KJV
, “have fellowship
with (demons).” See
COMPANION
.
COMPACTED
1.
$
(
1
, 4921), and transitively
$
, “to stand together” (
$
,
“with,”
, “to stand”), is rendered “compacted,” in 2 Pet. 3:5, of the earth as
formerly arranged by God in relation to the waters. See
APPROVE
,
COMMEND
,
CONSIST
,
MAKE
,
STAND
.
2.
$
(
1
, 4822), “to unite, to knit,” is translated “compacted” in the
KJV
of Eph. 4:16 (
RV
, “knit together”), concerning the church as the body of Christ. See
CONCLUDE
,
GATHER
,
INSTRUCT
,
KNIT
,
PROVE
.
COMPANION
1.
$
(
!
, 4898), “a fellow-traveler” (
$
, “with,” , “from,”
, “people”; i.e., “away from one’s people”), is used in Acts 19:29, of Paul’s
companions in travel, in 2 Cor. 8:19, “travel with”; a closer rendering would be “(as) our
fellow-traveler.” See
TRAVEL
.¶
2.
(
, 2844) is rendered “companions” in the
KJV
of Heb. 10:33 (
RV
“partakers”). So
$
in Rev. 1:9,
KJV
, “companion”;
RV
, “partaker with you.”
See B, above,
PARTAKER
,
PARTNER
. Cf. COMMUNICATE.
3.
$
(
$
, 4904), “a fellowworker” (
$
, “with,”
, “work”), is
translated in Phil. 2:25 “companion in labor,”
KJV
(
RV
, fellow-worker). See
HELPER
,
LABORER
,
WORKER
.
COMPANY (Noun and Verb)
A. Nouns and Phrases.
1.
(
7
, 3793), “a throng of people, an irregular crowd,” most usually “a
disorganized throng”; in Acts 6:7, however, it is said of a company of the priests who
believed; the word here indicates that they had not combined to bring this about. The
RV