Bible verses about "hospitality" | Bishops

⁴¹ Whosoeuer shall in my name geue you a cup of colde water to drynke, because ye belong to Christe: veryly I say vnto you, he shall not lose his rewarde

² And ye straungers shewed vs no litle kyndnesse: for they kyndled a fyre, and receaued vs euery one, because of the present rayne, and because of the colde

⁷ Doyng the wyll of God fro the heart, with good wyll seruyng the Lorde, and not men

² That ye receaue her in the Lorde, as it becommeth saintes, and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer busynesse she hath nede of you: For she hath suckoured many, and my selfe also

²³ And whatsoeuer ye do, do it heartilie, as to the Lorde, and not vnto men ²⁴ Knowyng, that of the Lorde ye shall receaue the rewarde of inheritaunce, for ye serue the Lorde Christe

¹⁰ And well reported of in good workes, yf she haue brought vp chyldren, yf she haue lodged straungers, yf she haue wasshed the saintes feete, yf she haue ministred vnto them that were in aduersitie, yf she haue ben continually geuen to euery good worke

² A bishop therfore must be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, watchyng, sober, comely apparelled, a louer of hospitalitie, apt to teache

¹² Then sayde he also to hym that bad hym [to meate:] When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friendes, nor thy brethren, neither thy kynsemen, nor thy ryche neyghbours, lest they also byd thee agayne, and a recompence be made thee ¹³ But when thou makest a feast, call the poore, the feeble, the lame, & the blynde ¹⁴ And thou shalt be happy, for they can not recompence thee: For thou shalt be recompenced at the resurrection of the iust [men.

⁸ But a louer of hospitalitie, a louer of goodnes, sober, ryghteous, godly, temperate

³⁴ But the straunger that dwelleth with you, shalbe as one of your owne nation, and thou shalt loue hym as thy selfe, for ye were straungers in the lande of Egypt: I am the Lorde your God

³⁴ Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde ³⁵ For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me in ³⁶ Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me ³⁷ Then shall the ryghteous aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, & fedde thee? or thirstie and gaue thee drynke ³⁸ When sawe we thee harbourlesse, and toke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee ³⁹ Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee ⁴⁰ And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done [it] vnto me ⁴¹ Then shall he saye vnto them on the left hande: Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire, which is prepared for the deuyll and his angels ⁴² For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me no drynke ⁴³ I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me not in: I was naked, and ye clothed me not: I was sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not ⁴⁴ Then shall they also aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, or a thirste, or harbourlesse, or naked, or sicke, or in pryson, and did not minister vnto thee ⁴⁵ Then shall he aunswere them, saying: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye dyd it not to one of the least of these, ye dyd it not to me ⁴⁶ And these shall go into euerlastyng payne: the ryghteous into lyfe eternall

¹³ Distributyng to ye necessitie of saintes, geuen to hospitalitie

⁹ Be ye harberous one to another, without grudgyng

² Be not forgetfull to lodge straungers: For therby some hauyng lodged Angels, were vnawares therof