Ephesians
3:14-19 For
this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven
and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant
you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded
in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth
and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses
knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
All believers are united to
Jesus Christ, their head, by his Spirit and by faith, and have fellowship with
him in his grace, suffering, death, resurrection, and glory. United to one another
in love the saints have fellowship in each other’s gifts and grace and are
obliged to perform those public and private duties which nourish their mutual
good, both spiritually and physically.
By their profession of faith
saints are bound to maintain a holy fellowship and communion with each other in
the worship of God and in the performance of other spiritual services for their
mutual improvement. They are also bound to help each other in material things
according to their different abilities and needs. This fellowship is to be
offered, as God gives the opportunity, to everyone in every place who calls on
the name of the Lord Jesus.
This communion whom the
saints have with Christ in no way means that they share in his godhead or are equal
with him in any respect—to affirm either is impious and blasphemous. Neither
does their communion with each other take away or infringe the right each
person has to own and possess goods and property.
The Westminster Confession of Faith
The Westminster Confession of Faith
