Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
Parallel translations
- WEB contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
- KJV Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
- NKJV distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.
- NASB contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.
- NLT When God’s people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality.
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Quick answer
Share with fellow believers in need and pursue hospitality.
Overview
Paul makes love practical: meeting the material needs of fellow saints and eagerly welcoming others, 'given to hospitality.' These were vital in the early church, where travelers and the poor depended on believers' generosity. Such open-handed care embodies the gospel's transforming power in concrete acts.
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Cross-references · 25
- Heb 13:16And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- 2 Cor 9:12For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
- 1 Jn 3:17If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
- Gal 6:10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
- Heb 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
- 1 Pet 4:9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
- Heb 13:2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
- 1 Tim 3:2An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
- Titus 1:8Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
- Matt 25:35For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
- 1 Tim 5:10and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
- Phlm 1:7I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.
- Acts 20:34–35You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
- 1 Cor 16:1–2Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:
- 2 Cor 8:1–4Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
- Acts 10:4Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
- Acts 4:35and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
- 1 Cor 16:15You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,
- Ps 41:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
- 2 Cor 9:1Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.
- Rom 12:8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
- Rom 15:25–28Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.
- Acts 9:36–41In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
- Gen 18:2–8And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
- Gen 19:1–3Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
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