<p>1:6 <i>I pray that our fellowshipping of your faith may result in our coming to acknowledge every good thing which is in you in Christ- </i>The crucial importance of personal, Christ-like example empowering our witness is brought out here in the AV: &ldquo;The communication sharing of thy faith may become effectual Gk. &lsquo;energized&rsquo; by the acknowledgment i.e. recognition, by others of every good thing which is in you in Christ&rdquo;. There&rsquo;s a lot compacted into these words, strung together as they are in a rather awkward sentence. Our sharing of the faith is energized, it takes on power and compulsion as a witness, when others can acknowledge that we are &ldquo;in Christ&rdquo; because they see His characteristics reflected in us. This is why effective witness can only be made by those &ldquo;in Christ&rdquo;, those who show His personality written in theirs. This will &lsquo;energize&rsquo; their sharing of the facts of the Gospel with others. As I have pointed out at such length in <i>The Power Of Basics</i>, each doctrine of the Gospel is designed to elicit practical changes in human life. Where those changes are apparent, the preaching of a doctrinal Gospel becomes empowered and energized. Proffering mere doctrinal propositions to this world and nothing else, will never be successful. It will lack power, energy and the compulsion required for conversion.</p><p>What was good in Philemon was counted to him because he was &quot;in Christ&quot;. We must perceive that others too are counted as righteous because they are in Christ, and we will likewise seek to count them as having imputed righteousness even as we feel and know God has so counted us. For frankly, Philemon was lacking in grace, and the good things about him are being almost exaggerated- because he is being seen as &quot;in Christ&quot;. The power to share our faith &quot;fellowshipping of your faith&quot; is rooted in realizing that we have been counted righteous through our being in Christ. As God reckons us righteous, so we must reckon each other (Rom. 3:28; 4:3,5,24 RV). This is an immense challenge, but it comes directly from the doctrine of imputed righteousness. Our being justified / counted righteous by God's grace is the very basis and essence of our salvation. And yet, as ever, we can't be passive to this wonder. We too are to seek to count others as righteous, seeing them for who they are as 'in Christ'. Every time we are sinned against, or perceive the weakness and spiritual incompletion in our brother or sister who is in Christ... we have a wonderful opportunity to count them as righteous, in the same way as we are counted righteous through being in Christ. The Hebrew word<i> tsadaq</i>, to count righteous, to justify, is used about our justification of others in Dan. 12:3- those who count many as righteous will shine as the stars for ever AV &quot;turn many to righteousness&quot; rather misleadingly gives the idea of converting others by preaching, but that's not the idea of the Hebrew.</p>