1 Peter 4:9
Extend ungrudging hospitality towards one another.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
In Context
8Above all continue to love one another fervently, for love throws a veil over a multitude of faults.
Cross References
Romans 12:13Relieve the necessities of God's people; always practise hospitality.
2 Corinthians 9:7Let each contribute what he has decided upon in his own mind, and not do it reluctantly or under compulsion. "It is a cheerful giver that God loves."
1 Timothy 3:2A minister then must be a man of irreproachable character, true to his one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable to strangers, and with a gift for teaching;
Philemon 1:14Only I wished to do nothing without your consent, so that his kind action of yours might not be done under pressure, but might be a voluntary one.
Hebrews 13:16And do not forget to be kind and liberal; for with sacrifices of that sort God is greatly pleased.
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 →