Welcome each other as guests without complaining.
Don’t forget to show hospitality to believers you don’t know. By doing this some believers have shown hospitality to angels without being aware of it.
Share what you have with God’s people who are in need. Be hospitable.
Do everything without complaining or arguing.
Don’t forget to do good things for others and to share what you have with them. These are the kinds of sacrifices that please God.
Instead, he must be hospitable, love what is good, use good judgment, be fair and moral, and have self-control.
A bishop must have a good reputation. He must have only one wife, be sober, use good judgment, be respectable, be hospitable, and be able to teach.
Brothers and sisters, stop complaining about each other, or you will be condemned. Realize that the judge is standing at the door.
Each of you should give whatever you have decided. You shouldn’t be sorry that you gave or feel forced to give, since God loves a cheerful giver.
Yet, I didn’t want to do anything without your consent. I want you to do this favor for me out of your own free will without feeling forced to do it.
Gaius greets you. He is host to me and the whole church. Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you. Quartus, our brother in the Christian faith, greets you.
When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I’ll also keep drawing water for your camels until they’ve had enough to drink.”
