Welcoming

Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.

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.

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

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

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.

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

“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.’

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

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

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

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

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Let brotherly love continue.

The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

“‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. — read the full passage →

Greet one another with a holy kiss. The assemblies of Christ greet you.

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’ — read the full passage →

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed healing.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

Therefore love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers. — read the full passage →

being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.

“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 →

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. — read the full passage →

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

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

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. — 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 →

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; — read the full passage →

Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

“You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

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,

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;

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

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

(the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth, — read the full passage →

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us, and courteously entertained us for three days.

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

But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”

Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem: — read the full passage →

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

When you have made an end of tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled. — read the full passage →

You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

You shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am Yahweh your God.’”

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.’”

One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you.”

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.

He entered and was passing through Jericho. — read the full passage →

He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. — read the full passage →

It shall happen, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you and to the aliens who live among you, who shall father children among you; and they shall be to you as the native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. — read the full passage →

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

Now on the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house. — read the full passage →

You shall tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.

You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers, or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates.

He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing. — read the full passage →

I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.

“‘If a foreigner lives among you, and desires to keep the Passover to Yahweh; according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its ordinance, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the foreigner, and for him who is born in the land.’”

“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.

“You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

It shall happen, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you and to the aliens who live among you, who shall father children among you; and they shall be to you as the native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;

As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.

For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him. — read the full passage →

My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. The Italians greet you.

“Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn’t receive me, but him who sent me.”

He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

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 →

The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! — read the full passage →

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

He took a little child, and set him in their midst. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, — read the full passage →

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!