Von
Puritan Board Sophomore
ESV reads like this:
"...and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ..."
"...and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ..."
- What is this "sharing of faith"? Or as other translations put it: "fellowship of faith", "communication of faith". Surely it is not a one-sided aspect only - as in "I am sharing my testimony with you", which boils down to "I am telling you my testimony". So if sharing means here truly an activity wherein both sides participate, how does this look practically?
- How does this "become effective"? In other words, do we have a sharing of faith that is not effective?
- This all should be accomplished "for"/"through" the "full knowledge of every good thing". What are these good things - fruit of the Spirit? Good works?