Strangers

of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .

for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers,

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

hospitable to one another, without murmuring;

Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

Let brotherly love remain; — read the full passage →

And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' — read the full passage →

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

Beloved, I call upon <FI>you<Fi> , as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love remain;

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy; — read the full passage →

And Peter having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, `Lo, the tabernacle of God <FI>is<Fi> with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them--their God,

Let brotherly love remain; — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman--but the all and in all--Christ.

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

`And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory; — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,

and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats--let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals--in like manner let him do.'

What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? — read the full passage →

Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers, — read the full passage →

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.