G2842

• {"n":"koinonia","s":"Fellowship. A word for shared ownership and partnership, including in money.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=koinonia","r":"Acts 2:42","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Versions read fellowship, sharing, participation or contribution."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**We went in on it together.** That is a partnership with a stake, not a coffee morning. English has the idea and uses a phrase."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Koinonia is from koinos, common. It covers partnership in a business, sharing in something, and is used by Paul for a financial collection at Romans 15:26."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English fellowship lost its commercial and property senses and kept only the social one."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"When a version renders one word as fellowship in one verse and contribution in another, both are in the word and English has lost the overlap."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Fellowship is the majority rendering; sharing and participation are increasingly common in newer versions."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u03ba\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03af\u03b1 koinonia \u00b7 G2842"}],"src":["koinonia of the collection: Romans 15:26; 2 Corinthians 8:4","koinonia at Acts 2:42; 1 John 1:3","koinos, common: Acts 2:44; 4:32"]}