11 Bible Verses about Welcoming Other People
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I know what I will do, so that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receive me into their houses.
And the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty. And he said, We are yours, David, and on your side, son of Jesse. Peace, peace be on you, and peace on your helpers. For your God has helped you. And David received them and made them captains of the band.
And Jehovah said to me, Son of man, note carefully: see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the ordinances of the house of Jehovah, and all its laws. And set your heart to the entrance of the house, with all the exits of the sanctuary.
I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me. If another shall come in his own name, him you will receive.
Then he called them in and lodged them. And on the next day Peter went away with them, and certain brothers from Joppa went with him.
but in every nation he who fears Him and works righteousness is accepted with Him.
And the foreigners showed us not the common kindness. For they kindled a fire and welcomed all of us, because of the rain coming on, and because of the cold.
In the quarters about that place were lands to the chief of the island, whose name was Publius. Welcoming us, he lodged us courteously three days.
And Paul remained two years in his own hired house. And he welcomed all who came in to him,
By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.
And in the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she had received the messengers and had sent them out another way?
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- Welcoming (4 instances)