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Bread: (Partaking of) Communion of Saints Acts 2:46

With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,

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Bread: (Partaking of) Communion of Saints 1 Corinthians 10:17

Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

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Communion of Saints 1 Samuel 23:16

And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

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Communion of Saints Psalm 55:14

We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

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Communion of Saints Psalm 119:63

I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

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Communion of Saints Psalm 133:1–3

A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony! / It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes. / It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.

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Communion of Saints Amos 3:3

Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?

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Communion of Saints Malachi 3:16

At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

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Communion of Saints Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

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Communion of Saints Luke 24:17, 32

He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces. / They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

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Communion of Saints John 17:20, 21

I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message, / that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

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Communion of Saints Acts 2:42

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

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Communion of Saints Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

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Communion of Saints 1 Corinthians 10:16, 17

Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? / Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

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Communion of Saints 1 Corinthians 12:12, 13

The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ. / For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

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Communion of Saints 2 Corinthians 6:14–18

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

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Communion of Saints Ephesians 4:1–3

As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: / with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, / and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

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Communion of Saints Ephesians 5:11

Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

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Communion of Saints Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

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Communion of Saints 1 Thessalonians 4:18

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

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Communion of Saints 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 14

Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing. / And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

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Communion of Saints Hebrews 3:13

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

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Communion of Saints Hebrews 10:24, 25

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. / Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

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Communion of Saints James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

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Communion of Saints 1 John 1:3, 7

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. / But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

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Communion of Saints in Exhortation Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

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Communion of Saints in Exhortation Hebrews 10:25

Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

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Communion of Saints in Holy Conversation Malachi 3:16

At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

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Communion of Saints in Mutual Comfort and Edification 1 Thessalonians 4:18

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

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Communion of Saints in Mutual Comfort and Edification 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

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Communion of Saints in Mutual Sympathy and Kindness Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

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Communion of Saints in Mutual Sympathy and Kindness Ephesians 4:32

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

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Communion of Saints in Prayer for Each Other 2 Corinthians 1:11

as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.

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Communion of Saints in Prayer for Each Other Ephesians 6:18

Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

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Communion of Saints in Public and Social Worship Psalm 34:3

Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.

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Communion of Saints in Public and Social Worship Psalm 55:14

We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

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Communion of Saints in Public and Social Worship Acts 1:14

With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

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Communion of Saints in Public and Social Worship Hebrews 10:25

Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

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Communion of Saints in the Lord's Supper 1 Corinthians 10:17

Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

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Communion of Saints is With: Each Other Galatians 2:9

And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

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Communion of Saints is With: Each Other 1 John 1:3, 7

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. / But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

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Communion of Saints is With: God 1 John 1:3

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

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Communion of Saints is With: Saints in Heaven Hebrews 12:22–24

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels / in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, / to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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Communion of Saints: According to the Prayer of Christ John 17:20, 21

I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message, / that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

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Communion of Saints: Apostles Acts 1:14

With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

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Communion of Saints: Christ is Present In Matthew 18:20

For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

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Communion of Saints: Daniel Daniel 2:17, 18

Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, / urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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Communion of Saints: David Psalm 119:63

I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

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Communion of Saints: Delight of Psalm 16:3

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

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Communion of Saints: Delight of Psalm 42:4

These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.

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Communion of Saints: Delight of Psalm 133:1–3

A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony! / It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes. / It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.

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Communion of Saints: Delight of Romans 15:32

so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.

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Communion of Saints: Exhortation To Ephesians 4:1–3

As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: / with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, / and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

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Communion of Saints: God Marks, with his Approval Malachi 3:16

At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

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Communion of Saints: Jonathan 1 Samuel 23:16

And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

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Communion of Saints: Opposed to Communion with the Wicked 2 Corinthians 6:14–17

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

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Communion of Saints: Opposed to Communion with the Wicked Ephesians 5:11

Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

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Communion of Saints: Paul Acts 20:36–38

When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed. / They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him. / They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

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Communion of Saints: The Church Acts 2:42

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

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Communion of Saints: The Church Acts 5:12

The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

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Joy of Saints, Made Full by Communion of Saints 2 Timothy 1:4

Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.

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Joy of Saints, Made Full by Communion of Saints 1 John 1:3, 4

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. / We write these things so that our joy may be complete.

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Joy of Saints, Made Full by Communion of Saints 2 John 1:12

I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

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Selfishness: Inconsistent with Communion of Saints Romans 12:4, 5

Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function, / so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

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Selfishness: Inconsistent with Communion of Saints 1 Corinthians 12:12–27

The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ. / For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink. / For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.

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