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 fellowship in his graces, sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory; and, being united to one another in love, they have communion in each others gifts and graces, and are obliged to the performance of such duties, public and private, in an orderly way, as do conduce to their mutual good, both in the inward and outward man.
1 John 1:3; John 1:16; Philippians 3:10; Romans 6:5, 6; Ephesians 4:15, 16; 1 Corinthians 12:7; 1 Corinthians 3:21-23; 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 14; Romans 1:12; 1 John 3:17, 18; Galatians 6:10 )
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 as tend to their mutual edification; as also in relieving each other in outward 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 relation wherein they stand, whether in families, or churches, yet, as God offereth 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 infringe the title or propriety which each man hath in his goods and possessions.
Hebrews 10:24, 25; Hebrews 3:12, 13; Acts 11:29, 30; Ephesians 6:4; 1 Corinthians 12:14-27; Acts 5:4; Ephesians 4:28
1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures
- Chapter 2 - Of God and the Holy Trinity
- Chapter 3 - Of God's Decree
- Chapter 4 - Of Creation
- Chapter 5 - Of Divine Providence
- Chapter 6 - Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof
- Chapter 7 - Of God's Covenant
- Chapter 8 - Of Christ the Mediator
- Chapter 9 - Of Free Will
- Chapter 10 - Of Effectual Callin
- Chapter 11 - Of Justification
- Chapter 12 - Of Adoption
- Chapter 13 - Of Sanctification
- Chapter 14 - Of Saving Faith
- Chapter 15 - Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation
- Chapter 16 - Of Good Works
- Chapter 17 - Of the Perseverance of the Saints
- Chapter 18 - Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
- Chapter 19 - Of the Law of God
- Chapter 20 - Of the Gospel and the Extent of Grace Thereof
- Chapter 21 - Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience
- Chapter 22 - Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day
- Chapter 23 - Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
- Chapter 24 - Of the Civil Magistrate
- Chapter 25 - Of Marriage
- Chapter 26 - Of the Church
- Chapter 27 - Of the Communion of Saints
- Chapter 28 - Of Baptism and the Lord's Supper
- Chapter 29 - Of Baptism
- Chapter 30 - Of the Lord's Supper
- Chapter 31 - Of the State of Man after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
- Chapter 32 - Of the Last Judgment
- Ending Statement and Signatories