⁷ Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

Rewards

^40 (A)“Whoever receives you receives me, and ^(B)whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

^34 (A)A new commandment ^(B)I give to you, ^(C)that you love one another: ^(D)just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

² Through him we have also ^(A)obtained access by faith^[a] into this grace ^(B)in which we stand, and ^(C)we^[b] rejoice^[c] in hope of the glory of God.

^18 (A)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is ^(B)the hope to which he has called you, what are ^(C)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another

14 As for ^(A)the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. ^2 (B)One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. ³ Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and ^(C)let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.

^10 (A)when he comes on ^(B)that day ^(C)to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our ^(D)testimony to you ^(E)was believed. ¹¹ To this end we ^(F)always pray for you, that our God may ^(G)make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every ^(H)work of faith by his power, ¹² so that the name of our Lord Jesus ^(I)may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

^6 (A)to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in ^(B)the Beloved. ^7 (C)In him we have ^(D)redemption ^(E)through his blood, ^(F)the forgiveness of our trespasses, ^(G)according to the riches of his grace, ⁸ which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight

⁴⁸ and said to them, ^(A)“Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and ^(B)whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For ^(C)he who is least among you all is the one who is great.”