When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. But the greatest of these is love. Love determines the quality of Christian fellowship. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.
Christian fellowship is absolutely essential.
Christian fellowship is where we initially experience the love of Christ. It is where love is applied to relationships for the purpose of seeking to live right. Today we live in a hateful dark world and it is blinding us to the possibilities of love. Paul describes his world and ours in the following verses. Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.