Strangers

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? — read the full passage →

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love continue.

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. — read the full passage →

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? — read the full passage →

Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; — read the full passage →

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.