Communion of Saints

And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony! …

Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?

At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.

They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,

…that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? …

As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: …

Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.