Hospitality
The welcoming of guests and strangers, a sacred duty throughout the biblical world. Abraham entertained three visitors who turned out to be divine messengers (Genesis 18:1-8). Hebrews 13:2 references this: 'Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.' Romans 12:13 commands believers to 'practice hospitality.' First Peter 4:9 adds, 'Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.' Church leaders must be hospitable (1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:8). Jesus taught that serving the hungry, thirsty, and stranger is serving him (Matthew 25:35-40).
Verses about Hospitality
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Romans 12:13
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
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1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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Titus 1:8
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
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1 Peter 4:9
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.