1 Peter 4:9

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“Show hospitality to one another without complaining.”

What this verse means

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BSBPD

“Show hospitality to one another without complaining.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Use hospitality one to another without grudging.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“using hospitality one to another without murmuring:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“hospitable to one another, without murmuring;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Peter 4:9 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 24:19After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
  2. Romans 12:13Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
  3. Romans 16:23Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.
  4. 2 Corinthians 9:7Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
  5. Philippians 2:14Do everything without complaining or arguing,
  6. 1 Timothy 3:2An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
  7. Titus 1:8Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
  8. Philemon 1:14But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
  9. Hebrews 13:2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
  10. Hebrews 13:16And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
  11. James 5:9Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

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