In God's family, all believers are called to embrace one another with open hearts and homes. As Romans 15:7 and Galatians 3:28 teach, this welcoming spirit reflects the unity and equality that Christ has established among His people. Jesus Himself modeled this hospitality, as seen in Matthew 25:35, where He identifies with the stranger and the outcast. The New Testament letters, such as Hebrews 13:2 and 1 Peter 4:9, also encourage believers to show hospitality to one another, recognizing that in doing so, they may be entertaining angels or ministering to Christ Himself.
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Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,