If it is a family that listens to you, allow your greeting to stand. But if it is not receptive, take back your greeting.
But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth. I humbled myself with fasting. When my prayer returned unanswered,
When you go into a house, greet the family.
If anyone doesn’t welcome you or listen to what you say, leave that house or city, and shake its dust off your feet.
If a peaceful person lives there, your greeting will be accepted. But if that’s not the case, your greeting will be rejected.
To some people we are a deadly fragrance, while to others we are a life-giving fragrance. Who is qualified to tell about Christ?