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Welcoming others
Hospitality is a tangible expression of God's love. Opening our homes and hearts to others reflects the welcome we have received in Christ. Some have unknowingly entertained angels through hospitality. These verses inspire a lifestyle of generous welcome and show the spiritual significance of this often-overlooked ministry.
"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."Read full explanation
"Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;"Read full explanation
"We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth."Read full explanation
"Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee."Read full explanation
"But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:"Read full explanation
"For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:"Read full explanation
"But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;"Read full explanation
"A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;"Read full explanation
"Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?"Read full explanation
"And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us."Read full explanation
"Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house."Read full explanation
"And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:"Read full explanation
"Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:"Read full explanation
"But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."Read full explanation