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Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.

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Offer hospitality(A) to one another without grumbling.(B)

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Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it!

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Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,(A) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.(B)

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13 When God’s people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality.

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13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need.(A) Practice hospitality.(B)

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14 Do everything without complaining and arguing,

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14 Do everything without grumbling(A) or arguing,

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16 And don’t forget to do good and to share with those in need. These are the sacrifices that please God.

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16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others,(A) for with such sacrifices(B) God is pleased.

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Rather, he must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must love what is good. He must live wisely and be just. He must live a devout and disciplined life.

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Rather, he must be hospitable,(A) one who loves what is good,(B) who is self-controlled,(C) upright, holy and disciplined.

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So a church leader must be a man whose life is above reproach. He must be faithful to his wife.[a] He must exercise self-control, live wisely, and have a good reputation. He must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must be able to teach.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:2 Or must have only one wife, or must be married only once; Greek reads must be the husband of one wife; also in 3:12.

Now the overseer is to be above reproach,(A) faithful to his wife,(B) temperate,(C) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,(D) able to teach,(E)

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Don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. For look—the Judge is standing at the door!

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Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters,(A) or you will be judged. The Judge(B) is standing at the door!(C)

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You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:7 See footnote on Prov 22:8.

Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give,(A) not reluctantly or under compulsion,(B) for God loves a cheerful giver.(C)

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14 But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent. I wanted you to help because you were willing, not because you were forced.

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14 But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do would not seem forced(A) but would be voluntary.

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23 Gaius says hello to you. He is my host and also serves as host to the whole church. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you his greetings, and so does our brother Quartus.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 16:23 Some manuscripts add verse 24, May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Still others add this sentence after verse 27.

23 Gaius,(A) whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings.

Erastus,(B) who is the city’s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings.

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