17 Bible Verses about Welcoming Believers

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

That ye receive her in the Lord, as it becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succorer of many, and of myself also.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, saluteth you; and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (concerning whom ye received commandments: if he should come to you, receive him;)

He that receiveth you, receiveth me, and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

And said to them, Whoever shall receive this child in my name, receiveth me; and whoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.

And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

And into whatever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you.

And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, That there is another king, one Jesus.

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he had come, helped them much who had believed through grace.

And when we had come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.

For they themselves show of us what manner of entrance we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God;

Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content with that, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.