New Testament Fellowship: A Study in Semantics

Authors

R. T. Du Brau, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

5-1-1951

Document Type

Article

Keywords

fellowship, faith, communion, jerome, italian, spanish, swedish, bengel, semantics

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

In the seventeen passages of the New Testament which employ χοινωνία the associative idea is uppermost. One readily distinguishes three chief usages of the term: 1) a common sharing in all spiritual-and sometimes material-gifts; logically followed by 2) mutual help and assistance by association in contributory aid, all of which affects, and is effected by, 3) the existing intimate fellowship in the association as a divinely created and established communion of all believers in Christ.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Philippians 1:5; Philippians 3:10; Acts 2:42, 44-45; Romans 15:25-26; 2 Corinthians 8:4; 2 Corinthians 9:13; Hebrews 13:16; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 2 Corinthians 6:14;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Du Brau, R. T. (1951) "New Testament Fellowship: A Study in Semantics," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 22, Article 29.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol22/iss1/29