Acts 28:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And the natives showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.

Cross References

Ezra 10:9

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:34

The stranger who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Matthew 10:42

And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”

John 18:18

Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves; Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.

Acts 27:3

The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.

Acts 28:3

Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, when a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.

Acts 28:4

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.”

Romans 1:14

I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish:

Romans 14:1

As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions.

Romans 14:3

Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him.

Romans 2:27

Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.

1 Corinthians 14:11

but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.

2 Corinthians 11:27

in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

Colossians 3:11

Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all.

Hebrews 13:2

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.