(A)The native people[a] showed us unusual (B)kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.

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  1. Acts 28:2 Greek barbaroi (that is, non–Greek speakers); also verse 4

11 (A)Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave,[a] free; but Christ is (B)all, and in all.

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  1. Colossians 3:11 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; likewise for Bondservants in verse 22

14 (A)I am under obligation both to Greeks and to (B)barbarians,[a] both to the wise and to the foolish.

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  1. Romans 1:14 That is, non-Greeks

11 but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be (A)a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.

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When (A)the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, (B)“No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, (C)Justice[a] has not allowed him to live.”

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  1. Acts 28:4 Or justice

(A)Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby (B)some have entertained angels unawares.

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The next day we put in at Sidon. And (A)Julius (B)treated Paul kindly and (C)gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.

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27 (A)in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, (B)in hunger and thirst, often without food,[a] in cold and exposure.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 11:27 Or often in fasting

27 Then he who is physically[a] uncircumcised but keeps the law (A)will condemn you who have (B)the written code[b] and circumcision but break the law.

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  1. Romans 2:27 Or is by nature
  2. Romans 2:27 Or the letter

14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, (A)by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the work of the law is (B)written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them

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18 Now the servants[a] and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. (A)Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.

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  1. John 18:18 Or bondservants; also verse 26

30 Jesus replied, “A man (A)was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a (B)priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise (C)a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a (D)Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 He went to him and (E)bound up his wounds, pouring on (F)oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two (G)denarii[a] and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” 37 He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”

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  1. Luke 10:35 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer

42 And (A)whoever gives one of (B)these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”

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11 (A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
    hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
    (B)does not he who (C)weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who (D)keeps watch over your soul know it,
    and will he not repay man (E)according to his work?

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Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the (A)heavy rain.

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18 (A)You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but (B)you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

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34 (A)You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and (B)you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

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