Acts 28:2

The Passion Translation

The people who lived there showed us extraordinary kindness, for they welcomed us around the fire they had built because it was cold and rainy.

Cross References

Matthew 10:42

And whoever gives a cup of cold water to one of my disciples, I promise you, he will not go unrewarded.”

John 18:18

Now because it was cold, the soldiers and guards made a charcoal fire and were standing around it to keep warm. So Peter huddled there with them around the fire.

Acts 27:3

The next day we docked at Sidon, and Julius, being considerate of Paul, allowed him to disembark and be refreshed by his friends living there.

Acts 28:3

When Paul had gathered an armful of brushwood and was setting it on the fire, a venomous snake was driven out by the heat and latched onto Paul’s hand with its fangs.

Acts 28:4

When the islanders saw the snake dangling from Paul’s hand, they said to one another, “No doubt about it, this guy is a murderer. Even though he escaped death at sea, Justice has now caught up with him!”

Romans 1:14

Love obligates me to preach to everyone, to those who are among the elite and those who are among the outcasts, to those who are wise and educated as well as to those who are foolish and unlearned.

Romans 14:1

Offer an open hand of fellowship to welcome every true believer, even though their faith may be weak and immature. And refuse to engage in debates with them concerning nothing more than opinions.

Romans 14:3

The one who eats freely shouldn’t judge and look down on the one who eats only vegetables. And the vegetarian must not judge and look down on the one who eats everything. Remember, God has welcomed him and taken him as his partner.

Romans 2:27

And won’t the one who has never had the knife cut his foreskin be your judge when you break the law?

1 Corinthians 14:11

But I am like a foreigner if I don’t understand the language, and the speaker will be like a foreigner to me.

2 Corinthians 11:27

I’ve toiled to the point of exhaustion and gone through many sleepless nights. I’ve frequently been deprived of food and water, left hungry and shivering out in the cold, lacking proper clothing.

Colossians 3:11

In this new creation life, your nationality makes no difference, nor your ethnicity, education, nor economic status—they matter nothing. For it is Christ that means everything as he lives in every one of us!

Hebrews 13:2

And show hospitality to strangers, for they may be angels from God showing up as your guests.