COMMON, koinos (koy-noss). This adjective literally means “common.” Used in a positive sense, it refers to something shared in common, such as a “common faith” (Titus 1:4) or “common salvation” (Jude 3). According to Acts, the early Christian community “had all things in common” (2:44; 4:32), which probably means that the individual members of the community made their possessions common property. Used in a negative sense, koinos means “common,” “profane,” “unclean” (cf. the cognate verb in Matt.