Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Hospitality
General references
Bible References
Hospitality
Romans 12:13
contributing to the needs of God’s people, pursuing [the practice of] hospitality.
Romans 16:23
Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church here, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.
1 Timothy 3:2
Now an overseer must be blameless and beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
Titus 1:8
And he must be hospitable [to believers, as well as strangers], a lover of what is good, sensible (upright), fair, devout, self-disciplined [above reproach—whether in public or in private].
Hebrews 13:2
Do not neglect to extend hospitality to strangers [especially among the family of believers—being friendly, cordial, and gracious, sharing the comforts of your home and doing your part generously], for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
Without
2 Corinthians 9:7
Let each one give [thoughtfully and with purpose] just as he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver [and delights in the one whose heart is in his gift].
Philippians 2:14
Do everything without murmuring or questioning [the providence of God],
Philemon 1:14
but I did not want to do anything without first getting your consent, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.
James 5:9
Do not complain against one another, believers, so that you will not be judged [for it]. Look! The Judge is standing right at the door.
General references
Genesis 24:18
And she said, “Drink, my lord”; and she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink.
Genesis 26:30
Then Isaac held a [formal] banquet (covenant feast) for them, and they ate and drank.