Q2. Koinonia, Sharing, Participating

[tgandy]

Koinonia means participation, communion and sharing.  We have a share or claim and that makes us a shareholder in the cross.  We have a share in the blood Christ shed.  We are also participants in His sacrifice.  We are part of his sacrifice.

[JoanG]

Koinonia means to participate and share. It means to join in on an action. To share in the blood of Christ means that we share in the sacrifice that Jesus made for us by making sacrifices of ourselves. We need to give selflessly of ourselves for others. We need to go that extra mile to help our fellow man.

[elaineer]

Koinonia means participation to share.

To participate/share means to have communion with believers of Christ.

[Debra Grant]

Q2. What does koinōnia mean? What does it mean to "participate" or "share" in the blood of Christ?

 1. Paul uses this word koinōnia to describe the believer's relationship to the blood of Christ and to the body of Christ -- that is, the sacrifice of Christ for us. The Greek word koinōnia, participation, also translated as communion or sharing. It means sharing something in common with others such as communion. 

 2. When koinonia refers to people it means "participants, fellows." The concept of sharing with others in communion as one in the body of Christ.

 

[Mr.B]

I am completely blown away by koinōnia. It is what we do and who we are, our identity. 

What does koinōnia mean? What does it mean to "participate" or "share" in the blood of Christ?

(2Co 8:23) "As for Titus, he is my partner (NASB) and fellow worker among you; as for our brethren, they are messengers of the churches, a glory to Christ."  

(Mat 23:29-31)  "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,  (30)  and say, 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers (KJV) with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'  (31)  "So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets."

To use a modern day metaphor, it means guilty by association, which Peter denied being "one of them" (Matt 26:73) that was with Jesus, because the implications could have been grave for him.

(2Co 13:14)  "The grace (favor and spiritual blessing) of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the presence and fellowship (the communion and sharing together, and participation) in the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen (so be it)." And so I ask, what is the work of the Holy Spirit who Jesus also calls the Helper, except to point all men to Christ Jesus our Lord and Savor (John 16:8-15). 

[Mr.B]

I am completely blown away by koinōnia. It is what we do and who we are, our identity. 

What does koinōnia mean? What does it mean to "participate" or "share" in the blood of Christ?

(2Co 8:23) "As for Titus, he is my partner (NASB) and fellow worker among you; as for our brethren, they are messengers of the churches, a glory to Christ."  

(Mat 23:29-31)  "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,  (30)  and say, 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers (KJV) with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'  (31)  "So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets."

To use a modern day metaphor, it means guilty by association, which Peter denied being "one of them" (Matt 26:73) that was with Jesus, because the implications could have been grave for him.

(2Co 13:14)  "The grace (favor and spiritual blessing) of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the presence and fellowship (the communion and sharing together, and participation) in the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen (so be it)." And so I ask, what is the work of the Holy Spirit who Jesus also calls the Helper, except to point all men to Christ Jesus our Lord and Savor (John 16:8-15).