common, a belonging in common to. For instance, “What things does light have in common with darkness?” (II Cor. 6:14), or, “These things write we unto you that ye also may have joint-participation with us” (in our knowledge of the life of our Lord) (I John 1:3), or, “Our joint-participation is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ” (I John 1:3), that is, the things in which Christians participate in salvation, they participate in jointly with God, a common nature, common likes and dislikes;