Treating Foreigners

for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” — read the full passage →

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”

Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.” — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’ — read the full passage →

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; — read the full passage →