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1. All saints that are united to Jesus Christ their Head, by his Spirit and faith, although they are not made thereby one person with him, have 1fellowship in his graces, sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory; and being united to one another in love, they 2have communion in each other’s gifts and graces; and are obliged to the performance of such duties, public and private, in an orderly way 3as do conduce to their mutual good, both in the inward and outward man.
2. Saints by profession are bound to maintain an holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God and in performing such other spiritual services 4as tend to their mutual edification; as also in relieving each other in 5outward things according to their several abilities and necessities; which communion according to the rule of the gospel, though especially to be exercised by them in the relations wherein they stand, whether in 6families, or 7churches; yet as God offers opportunity is to be extended to all the household of faith, even all those who in every place call upon the name of the Lord Jesus; nevertheless their communion one with another as saints doth not take away or 8infringe the title or propriety which each man hath in his goods and possessions.
- 1 John 1:3; John 1:16; Philippians 3:10; Romans 6:5,6 ↩︎
- Ephesians 4:15,16; 1 Corinthians 12:7; 1 Corinthians 3:21,22,23 ↩︎
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11,14; Romans 1:12; 1 John 3:17,18; Galatians 6:10 ↩︎
- Hebrews 10:24,25, 3:12,13 ↩︎
- Acts 12:29,30 ↩︎
- Ephesians 6:4 ↩︎
- 1 Corinthians 12:14-27 ↩︎
- Acts 5:4; Ephesians 4:28 ↩︎