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Summary
- Traditional prayers for fellowship include the Grace (2 Corinthians 13:14), the Prayer of St. Chrysostom from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer and prayers for concord from an 1888 Catholic manual and the 1906 Presbyterian Book of Common Worship.
- Short prayers cover a small group or Bible study, newcomers, gossip and jealousy, a member who is suffering and thanks for a church family, with intercessions a leader can read aloud.
- Prayers for Christian friends cover finding them, friendship with a particular person, a friend who has stopped coming to church and two members who have fallen out.
- The Greek word for fellowship, koinonia, appears 20 times in the New Testament; the King James Version translates it “fellowship” 12 times and “communion” 4 times.
- Acts 2:42–46 describes the first church sharing teaching, meals, prayer and possessions; 1 John 1:3 grounds fellowship among Christians in fellowship with God.
- Paul and Barnabas split over John Mark (Acts 15:39), and Paul asked Euodias and Syntyche to “be of the same mind in the Lord” (Philippians 4:2).
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Ruth 1:16; Proverbs 16:28; Malachi 3:16; Matthew 18:20; John 15:15; 17:21; Acts 2:42, 44–46; 15:37–39; Romans 15:7; 1 Corinthians 12:26; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 4:3; Philippians 4:2–3; Colossians 4:10; 2 Timothy 4:11; Hebrews 10:25; 1 John 1:3, 7). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Morning Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed and “A Prayer of St. Chrysostom,” with 2 Corinthians 13:14, pp. 15–20; Evening Prayer, p. 34; Family Prayer, pp. 589–592. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity, prepared and published by order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1888. Occasional Prayers, “For the Preservation of Concord in a Congregation,” p. 166. https://archive.org/details/AManualOfPrayers1888
- The Book of Common Worship (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.). Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-school Work, 1906. The Treasury of Prayers, Brief Petitions, “For Love,” p. 145. https://archive.org/details/bookofcommonwor00pres
- Strong’s Greek Lexicon, G2842, koinōnia, with King James Version translation counts. Blue Letter Bible. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g2842/kjv/tr/0-1/
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