Acts 28:2

First Nations Version

The indigenous people there showed great kindness to us. It was raining and cold, so they built us a warm fire and welcomed us all.

Cross References

Hebrews 13:2

Do not forget to be kind and welcoming to strangers, for in this way some have welcomed spirit-messengers without knowing it.

Colossians 3:11

In the Chosen One there are no longer Insiders or Outsiders, or those who ceremonially cut the flesh and those who do not. We no longer see ourselves or others as uncivilized, ruffians, slaves or free. For there is only the Chosen One. All are in him, and he is in all!

Romans 1:14

Because of the great debt of love that I owe, I must tell the good story to both the civilized and uncivilized—to all who walk in the ways of wisdom and to all who do not.

2 Corinthians 11:27

My hands have been worn to the bone with hard work. On many nights I have gone without sleep. On my journeys I have been hungry and thirsty, often without food, with no blanket to keep me warm.

Acts 28:4

When the local natives saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said, “This man must be a murderer. Even though he escaped from the great waters, the spirit who rights wrongs will not let him live.”

1 Corinthians 14:11

If I do not speak the language of a tribe, they will not know my language and I will not know theirs. Our languages will sound strange to each other.

Matthew 10:42

I speak from my heart, even a drink of water given to a small one who follows me will bring great honor to the one who has given it.”

Acts 27:3

On the following day we came ashore at Hunting Grounds (Sidon). There Soft Haired Man (Julius) was kind to Small Man (Paul) and permitted him to go to his friends so they could care for him.

Romans 2:27

So then, if someone from an Outside Nation, who never participated in the cutting of the flesh ceremony, does by nature what the law instructs, that Outsider’s ways will expose the guilt of the one who participated in the ceremony. For if he does not walk true to the whole written law, he remains guilty of breaking the law.

John 18:18

The night was growing cold, so some of the men, along with the soldier guards from the lodge, built a fire in the courtyard to keep warm. Stands on the Rock (Peter) stood there with them, trying to stay warm.

Acts 28:3

Small Man (Paul) gathered a bundle of sticks and threw them on the fire, but the heat forced out a poisonous snake that bit into his hand and would not let go.

Romans 14:1

Welcome into our sacred gatherings those who are weak in their understanding of our spiritual ways. Do not try to prove them wrong about the things they have decided for themselves.

Romans 14:3

The one who eats all foods must not look down on the one who eats only herbs and plants. In the same way, the one who eats only herbs and plants should not decide the other is wrong, for the Great Spirit has accepted both of them.