Hebrews 13:2 — King James Version← Study notes
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
Hebrews 13:2 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Hebrews 13:211 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 13:2
“Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful of hospitality, for hereby some have entertained angels unawares.” See how he enjoins them to preserve what they had: he does not add other things. He did not say, “Be loving as brethren,” but, “Let brotherly love continue.” And again, he did not say, “Be hospitable,” as if they were not, but, “Be not forgetful of hospitality,” for this was likely to happen owing to their afflictions. Therefore (he says) “some have entertained…
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Omar HassanNote3mo agoShow Hospitality to Strangers
I grew up middle class in the suburbs where everyone was like us. When I moved into a diverse urban neighborhood, I was terrified of people who looked different from me. The verse about hospitality to...
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Lena HoffmannNote3mo agoStranger Hospitality as Sacred Obligation
I'm a refugee caseworker, and this verse has become a kind of mission statement for my work. The idea that we might be entertaining angels unaware, that the stranger we're helping might be more than t...
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