3. fellowship, community, partnership -both inward and outward focused-

4. In koinōnía there are always hardships
Paul is a prisoner
Discipleship includes navigating hardship

5. In koinōnía there are always hardships
Philippians 3:10-11
10 I want to know Christ--yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation/fellowship (koinōnian) in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

6. Philemon

7. In koinōnía we need each other!
Fellowship (Covenantal Relationship)
Function (Covenantal Relationship) -every part doing its share
SOMEONE ELSE

8. In koinōnía we need each other!
“How would your own body fare if it suddenly became dependent on one part to carry out all its vital functions? You would be in the hospital immediately, if not dead. Yet, we somehow expect life to throb through a church when it is plugged into the performance of one personality.”
-Jon Zens from “The Pastor has No Clothes”

9. One Another-ing love live in harmony with serve forgive encourage
offer hospitality to
bear with
greet
be devoted to
teach and admonish
give preference to
be humble with
stop passing judgment on
be kind and compassionate to
accept
agree with
speak to
submit to
spur on
have fellowship with

10. In koinōnía we need each other!
1 Thessalonians 5:11-28
Hebrews 10: And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

11. In koinōnía we need each other!
1 Thessalonians 5:11-28
Hebrews 10: And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

12. - Hugh Halter and Matt Smay from “The Tangible Kingdom”
“Individualism keeps us from biblical community. Consumerism keeps us from being able to participate in God’s mission to the world. Consumerism is based on the belief that I can’t help others until I help myself, that my own wants and needs trump the needs of others.”
- Hugh Halter and Matt Smay from “The Tangible Kingdom”

13. Koinōnía = fellow workers
fellow prisoners
fellow soldiers

14. 6 “I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.”