18 节关于好客的圣经经文

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…