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1 Peter 4:9

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

1 Peter 4:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Peter 4:9

Theological / Devotional

Use hospitality. Gr. philoxenoi, “[be] hospitable [ones]” (see on Rom. 12:13).

Without grudging. Literally, “without grumbling.” An offer of hospitality is blighted, for instance, by indications of annoyance on the part of the host. True hospitality includes a hospitable spirit, for “the gift without the giver is bare.” In times of persecution (cf. v. 12) the number of Christian refugees would be high and the care of these fellow believers costly, but the Christian who is in a position to relieve the wants of another is duty bound before God to fulfill this responsibility with cheerfulness.

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