Les Feldick Bible Study

What does the word fellowship mean in the Bible?

According to Ephesians 3:9, fellowship means a meeting of the minds. When believers get together, it is having like-minded thinking about things. This fellowship of the secret was hidden in God from the beginning of the age but is now revealed to all believers.

Les teaches that the word fellowship here means a meeting of the minds—when believers gather, it is having like-minded thinking about things. In Ephesians 3:9, Paul wants all believers, not just pastors or theologians, to see the fellowship of this secret. This mystery was hid in God from the beginning of the age and was not revealed during Christ's earthly ministry, for Jesus only spoke of Himself and Israel. It was kept secret in God's mind until revealed to Paul and now comes out to the whole Gentile world, offering joint heirship with Christ.

Ephesians 3:9

And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: