The word in Scripture

Fellowship in the Bible

The word fellowship appears 17 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Fellowship is shared life and communion among God's people and with Him. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What fellowship means in the Bible

Fellowship is shared life and communion among God's people and with Him.

Where the word fellowship appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word fellowship appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?”Psalms 94:20

“And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.”Acts 2:42

“And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.”Galatians 2:9

“And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:”Ephesians 3:9

“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”Ephesians 5:11

“If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,”Philippians 2:1

“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;”Philippians 3:10

“That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.”1 John 1:3