1 Peter 4:9

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Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

Gaius my host, and of the whole church, greets you. Erastus the treasurer of the city greets you, and Quartus a brother.

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

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good, sensible, just, holy, temperate;

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

Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

Do all things without murmuring and disputing:

But without your consent would I do nothing; that your benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

Murmur not one against another, brethren, lest you be judged: behold, the judge stands before the door.

And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.