1 Peter 4:9

Keep open house for all with a glad heart;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

In Context

8And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:

10Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;

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Cross References

Romans 12:13Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.

2 Corinthians 9:7Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.

1 Timothy 3:2The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;

Philemon 1:14But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

Hebrews 13:16But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.

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 →

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