Treating Foreigners

for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

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

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye 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 unspotted from the world.

where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor? — read the full passage →

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

For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.

Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;

Let love of the brethren continue. — read the full passage →

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

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

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

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

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

For no word from God shall be void of power.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

using hospitality one to another without murmuring:

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own. — read the full passage →

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

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

And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; — read the full passage →