17 Bible Verses about Welcoming Believers

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

And receive him who is weak in the faith, but not to judgments of your thoughts.

that you receive her in the Lord, as becomes saints, and that you may assist her in whatever business she has need of you. For she has been a helper of many, and of myself also.

Therefore receive him in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such in honor,

Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (regarding whom you received commandments; if he comes to you, receive him),

He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

And He said to them, Whoever shall receive this child in My name receives Me. And whoever shall receive Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all, he shall be great.

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward. And he who receives a just one in the name of a just one will receive a just one's reward.

And I say to you, Make friends by the mammon of unrighteousness for yourselves, so that when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.

and you did not despise my temptation in my flesh, nor did you spurn it. But you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

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

And arriving in 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 has received. And these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

And intending to pass into Achaia, being encouraged, the brothers wrote to the disciples to welcome him; who, having arrived, very much helped those who had believed through grace.

And we being in Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.

For they themselves witness what kind of entrance we had to you, even how you turned from idols to God in order to serve the living and true God,

Therefore if I come, I will remember his deeds which he does, ranting against us with evil words. And not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brothers. And he forbids those who would, and casts them out of the church.