1 Peter 4:9
stranger-loving toward each other without complaints.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
In Context
8And above all having fervent love for yourselves, because love will cover a multitude of sins,
Cross References
Romans 12:13sharing for the needs of the sanctified, pursuing love for strangers.
2 Corinthians 9:7Each man as he purposes in his heart, not from regret or from necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.
1 Timothy 3:2The overseer therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, without wine, serious minded, disciplined, loving strangers, able to teach,
Philemon 1:14But I wanted to do nothing without thy mind, so that thy goodness might not be as from obligation, but from volition.
Hebrews 13:16But do not forget benevolence and fellowship, for God is well pleased with such sacrifices.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:8-12
Sobriety, Watchfulness, and Charity; Improvement of Talents. ( a. d. 66.) 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man… Read the whole commentary →