19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Church
• Love

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 1:9 — God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 1Cor 1:9 — God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 1Cor 1:30 — But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
• 1Cor 9:23 — And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
• 1Cor 10:16 — The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
• 1Cor 15:1 — Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
• 1John 1:1 — That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
• 1John 1:5 — This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
• 1John 1:6 — If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
• 1John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
• 1John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
• 1John 2:1 — My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
• 1John 2:23 — Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
• 1John 2:24 — Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
• 1John 5:10 — He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
• 1Pet 5:1 — The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
• 1Thess 1:10 — And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
• 1Tim 6:2 — And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things te
• 2Cor 1:19 — For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
• 2Cor 13:14 — The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
• 2Cor 13:14 — The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
• 2John 1:9 — Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
• Acts 2:42 — And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
• Acts 2:42 — And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
• Acts 4:20 — For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
• Acts 13:32 — And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
• Acts 13:41 — Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
• Acts 20:27 — For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
• Col 1:13 — Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
• Deut 12:12 — And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no par
• Eph 3:6 — That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
• Eph 3:6 — That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
• Gal 2:9 — And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen,
• Heb 1:9 — Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Heb 2:12 — Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
• Heb 3:1 — Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
• Heb 3:14 — For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
• John 14:20 — At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
• John 16:24 — Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
• John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.