A look at what the Bible says about fellowshipping and disfellowshipping. Includes a useful summary in 38 bulletpoints.
Table of Contents
- Preface & Preliminary Points
- 1. Fellowship — KOINONIA: A Word Study
- 2. Paul’s Reaction to Error (1 Corinthians)
- 3. The Good Shepherd and the Hireling (John 10)
- 4. The Wheat and the Tares (Matthew 13)
- 5. The One Body (1 Corinthians 12)
- 6. The Ecclesia in Sardis (Revelation 3:1-5)
- 7. The Ecclesia in Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-25)
- 8. Diotrephes (3 John)
- 9. The Scriptural Procedure (Matthew 18)
- 10. The Desirability of Reconciliation (Matthew 5:23,24)
- 11. Judging and Not Judging (Matthew 7:1,2)
- 12. Him that is Weak in the Faith (Romans 14)
- 13. The First Letter of John
- 14. The Lost Sons (Luke 15)
- 15. The True Vine (John 15)
- 16. Christ’s Prayer for the United Ecclesia (John 17)
- 17. Causing Divisions (Romans 16:17,18)
- 18. Is Christ Divided? (1 Corinthians 1:10-13)
- 19. Did Jesus “Fellowship” Judas?
- 20. “Let a Man Examine Himself” (1 Corinthians 11)
- 21. The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
- 22. “The Foundation of God” (Num. 16; Psa. 11; 2 Tim. 2)
- 23. “Rise Up and Build” (Nehemiah)
- 24. Hezekiah and the Imperfect Passover (2 Chronicles 30)
- 25. The Parable of the Pounds (Luke 19)
- 26. Elijah on Horeb (1 Kings 19)
- 27. Casting the First Stone (John 8:1-11)
- 28. The Sin of Gibeah (Judges 19– 21)
- 29. The Clean and the Unclean
- 30. The Fellowship of His Suffering (Isaiah 53)
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The Objections Considered
- 31. Old Testament “General Teachings”
- 32. “Bidding God Speed” (2 John)
- 33. “An Heretick” (Titus 3:10)
- 34. “Walking Disorderly” (2 Thessalonians 3)
- 35. “Walking Together” (Amos 3:3)
- 36. “First Pure, Then Peaceable” (James 3)
- 37. “All Speak the Same Thing” (1 Corinthians 1:10)
- 38. “From Such Withdraw Thyself” (1 Timothy 6:3-5)
- 39. Earnest Contention (Jude 3)
- 40. “A Little Leaven” (1 Corinthians 5)
- 41. “Come Out From Among Them” (2 Corinthians 6:14-17)
- 42. “Whose Mouths Must Be Stopped” (Titus 1:11)
- 43. “Unfruitful Works of Darkness” (Ephesians 5:11)
- 44. “I Would They Were Even Cut Off” (Galatians 5:12)
- 45. Distance and Fellowship
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Final Points
- 46. The Ecclesial Guide
- 47. Summary of Conclusions
- 48. Dwelling Together in Unity (Psalm 133)