hospitality
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2And do not be willing to forget hospitality. For by it, certain persons, without realizing it, have received Angels as guests.
9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
13in the difficulties of the saints, sharing; in hospitality, attentive.
34Then the King shall say to those who will be on his right: ‘Come, you blessed of my Father. Possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; 36naked, and you covered me; sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.’ 37Then the just will answer him, saying: ‘Lord, when have we seen you hungry, and fed you; thirsty, and given you drink? 38And when have we seen you a stranger, and taken you in? Or naked, and covered you? 39Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit to you?’
34but let him be among you like one native born. And you shall love him as yourselves. For you were also newcomers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
8but instead: hospitable, kind, sober, just, holy, chaste,
12Then he also said to the one who had invited him: “When you prepare a lunch or dinner, do not choose to call your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they might then invite you in return and repayment would made to you. 13But when you prepare a feast, call the poor, the disabled, the lame, and the blind. 14And you will be blessed because they do not have a way to repay you. So then, your recompense will be in the resurrection of the just.”
2Therefore, it is necessary for a bishop to be beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, gracious, chaste, hospitable, a teacher,
10who has testimony of her good works: whether she has educated children, or has provided hospitality, or has washed the feet of the saints, or has ministered to those suffering tribulation, or has pursued any kind of good work.
23Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men. 24For you know that you will receive from the Lord the repayment of an inheritance. Serve Christ the Lord.
2For they refreshed us all by kindling a fire, because rain was imminent and because of the cold.
41And whoever will have scandalized one of these little ones who believe in me: it would be better for him if a great millstone were placed around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.