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In recent years, a new doctrine surfaced that teaches that God uses the Greek word for fellowship only as a noun. Therefore, “it is something you have, and not something you do (as you would a verb).” This doctrine further states that you cannot “give fellowship”, nor “take it away”; that God places everyone who obeys the Gospel into this fellowship. Taken to the extreme, this doctrine would allow both righteous Christians and digressive Christians (even those with deviant behaviors) to commune together and to work together for common goals. Is this what God intends for the church, or does He place limitations and/or restrictions on fellowship?

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