Hebrews 13:2

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for, by this means, some have unconsciously entertained angels.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

In Context

1Let brotherly love continue.

3Remember those who are in bonds, as if you yourselves had been bound, and those who suffer affliction, since you yourselves are in the body.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:40And the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 13:2-18

Various Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee,… Read the whole commentary →

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