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18 Bible Verses About Hospitality

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  • Romans 12:13 and Hebrews 13:2 use the Greek philoxenia, love of strangers, for hospitality.
  • Leviticus 19:34 tells Israel to love the foreigner as themselves, “for you were foreigners in Egypt.”
  • Hospitality is required of overseers in 1 Timothy 3:2 and Titus 1:8, and of widows the church supports in 1 Timothy 5:10.
  • In Luke 14:12-14 Jesus tells a host to invite the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind, who cannot repay him.
  • Abraham (Genesis 18:10) and the woman of Shunem (2 Kings 4:16) were both told by guests they had hosted that they would have a son “about this time next year.”

The Bible treats hospitality as a duty: taking in strangers, feeding travellers and inviting people who cannot return the favour. It is commanded in Romans 12:13, Hebrews 13:2 and 1 Peter 4:9, tied to Israel’s years in Egypt in Leviticus 19:33-34, and in Matthew 25:35-40 Jesus says a stranger taken in is himself taken in. Church leaders must be hospitable (1 Timothy 3:2). The Greek word behind “hospitality” in Romans 12:13 and Hebrews 13:2 is philoxenia, love of strangers, and…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Greek 5381, φιλονεξία (philoxenia): love of strangers, hospitality; Thayer’s lexicon lists Romans 12:13 and Hebrews 13:2. biblehub.com/greek/5381

Strong’s Greek 5382, φιλόξενος (philoxenos): hospitable; used in 1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:8 and 1 Peter 4:9. biblehub.com/greek/5382

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