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The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 27.2

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Saints by profession are bound to maintain a holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God, and in performing such other spiritual services as tend to their mutual edification;1 as also in relieving each other in outward things according to their several abilities, and necessities;2 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,3 or churches,4 yet, as God offers 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, does not take away or infringe the title or propriety which each man has in his goods and possessions.5
expand_more [1] Hebrews 10:24–25; 3:12–13
expand_more [2] Acts 11:29–30
expand_more [3] Ephesians 6:4
expand_more [4] 1 Corinthians 12:14–27
expand_more [5] Acts 5:4; Ephesians 4:28

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How should we view our possessions in light of communion with saints?
Our possessions are only for our own benefit
Possessions may and should benefit other saints, but this communion may not infringe upon personal ownership
Any saint has the right to the possessions of any other saint.
True communion includes a communal ownership of property

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