“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
Do not neglect (epilanthano) to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it — the prohibition against neglecting hospitable (philoxenia) toward strangers (xenos) recalls Genesis 18 (Abraham's unexpected guests). Entertaining angels unawares reminds that the stranger may embody the sacred.
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