One of our members asked us to chat about the topic of friendship, which isn't spoken about very often in the Bible. Join us as we try to discern and unpack a biblical definition of friendship.
Rough Definition of Biblical Friendship we landed on in the episode (min 22:44): Another level of doing life together. It is the definition of fellowship of believers (breaking bread, gathering, offering wisdom), but added shared experiences, life together, and developed trust.
Resources mentioned:
- The Porch "Show Me Your Friends and I'll Show You Your Future" sermon.
- Proverbs 13:20—"He who walks with the wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed."
- Proverbs 18:34—A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Proverbs 19:4—Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
- Proverbs 27:6—Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
- Proverbs 27:9–10–Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel. Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33–In his letters to the Corinthians Paul teaches, "Bad company corrupts good character."