Hospitality
Welcoming the stranger as a concrete, repeated command — not a suggestion.
Gen 18:3
Read in full chapter →3And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
See also: Genesis 30:27, Judges 6:18
Matt 25:35
Read in full chapter →35For 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:
See also: Hebrews 13:2, 1 John 3:16-19
Rom 12:13
Read in full chapter →13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
See also: Hebrews 13:16, Hebrews 13:2
Heb 13:2
Read in full chapter →2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
See also: Matthew 25:35, Genesis 18:1-19:3
3 John 1:5, 8
Read in full chapter →5Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
See also: Galatians 6:10, Matthew 10:41
8We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
See also: 1 Corinthians 3:9, Romans 14:1