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What God Intended for the Body of Christ Fellowship among believers is more than just talking over coffee after church service. Biblical fellowship in New Testament times—or koinonia—had rich and varied meanings, including covenant relationship, partnership in the gospel, communion with God and others, and the sharing of earthly possessions. In True Community, bestselling author Jerry Bridges...

of His nature.” And then on verse 7, he says, “There is first union and then communion. There cannot be the latter without the former” (emphasis added).4 New Testament scholar Donald W. Burdick says, “The breadth of [koinonia’s] usage is to be seen in the fact that New Testament koinonia is first of all fellowship with God. To be a Christian is the same as being in fellowship with Him” (emphasis added).5 It is obvious that Burdick is speaking of an objective relationship with God that is true of
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