Bible verses about "hospitality" | UKJV

⁴¹ For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because all of you belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

²³ And whatsoever all of you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; ²⁴ Knowing that of the Lord all of you shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for all of you serve the Lord Christ.

² And the natives people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

⁷ With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

² That all of you receive her in the Lord, as becomes saints, and that all of you assist her in whatsoever business she has need of you: for she has been a supporter of many, and of myself also.

¹⁰ Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

² A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, able to teach;

¹² Then said he also to him that bade him, When you make a dinner or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brethren, neither your kinsmen, nor your rich neighbours; lest they also bid you again, and a recompence be made you. ¹³ But when you make a feast, call the poor, the physically disabled, the lame, the blind: ¹⁴ And you shall be blessed; for they cannot recompense you: for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

⁸ But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

³⁴ But the stranger that dwells with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for all of you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

³⁴ Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, all of you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: ³⁵ For I was an hungered, and all of you gave me food: I was thirsty, and all of you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and all of you took me in: ³⁶ Naked, and all of you clothed me: I was sick, and all of you visited me: I was in prison, and all of you came unto me. ³⁷ Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you an hungered, and fed you? or thirsty, and gave you drink? ³⁸ When saw we you a stranger, and took you in? or naked, and clothed you? ³⁹ Or when saw we you sick, or in prison, and came unto you? ⁴⁰ And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as all of you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, all of you have done it unto me. ⁴¹ Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, all of you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: ⁴² For I was an hungered, and all of you gave me no food: I was thirsty, and all of you gave me no drink: ⁴³ I was a stranger, and all of you took me not in: naked, and all of you clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and all of you visited me not. ⁴⁴ Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you an hungered, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto you? ⁴⁵ Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as all of you did it not to one of the least of these, all of you did it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

¹³ Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

⁹ Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

² Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unexpectedly.