welcoming
What does the Bible say about welcoming? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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7For this reason, accept one another, just as Christ also has accepted you, in the honor of God.
28There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither servant nor free; there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
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;
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.
40And in response, the King shall say to them, ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did this for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did it for me.’
8You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
5Most beloved, you should act faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers, and those who are sojourners;
27In response, he said: “You shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart, and from your whole soul, and from all your strength, and from all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
34Then, Peter, opening his mouth, said: “I have concluded in truth that God is not a respecter of persons.
10For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.