Hebrews 13:2 Parallel Translations

Don't forget to show hospitality to believers you don't know. By doing this some believers have shown hospitality to angels without being aware of it.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

ASV:

Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

BBE:

Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.

DBY:

Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels.

ERV:

Forget not to shew love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

WEY:

Do not neglect to show kindness to strangers; for, in this way, some, without knowing it, have had angels as their guests.

WBS:

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for by this some have entertained angels unawares.

WEB:

Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

YLT:

of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

Hebrews 13:2 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 18:1 Now the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.

Genesis 19:1 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

Matthew 25:35 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 invited Me in;

Romans 12:13 contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

1 Peter 4:9 Be hospitable to one another without complaint. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. Hospitality is a duty often emphasized in the New Testament. Here it assumes the form of receiving stranger saints. Often they were driven from their homes by persecution, and the church elsewhere was wont to open its homes to them.
Some have entertained angels unawares. See Ge 18:1-3 Mt 25:35.

WES:

13:2 Some - Abraham and Lot. Have entertained angels unawares - So may an unknown guest, even now, be of more worth than he appears, and may have angels attending him, though unseen. Gen 18:2; Gen 19:1.

MHC:

13:1-6 The design of Christ in giving himself for us, is, that he may purchase to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works; and true religion is the strongest bond of friendship. Here are earnest exhortations to several Christian duties, especially contentment. The sin opposed to this grace and duty is covetousness, an over-eager desire for the wealth of this world, with envy of those who have more than ourselves. Having treasures in heaven, we may be content with mean things here. Those who cannot be so, would not be content though God raised their condition. Adam was in paradise, yet not contented; some angels in heaven were not contented; but the apostle Paul, though abased and empty, had learned in every state, in any state, to be content. Christians have reason to be contented with their present lot. This promise contains the sum and substance of all the promises; I will never, no, never leave thee, no, never forsake thee. In the original there are no less than five negatives put together, to confirm the promise: the true believer shall have the gracious presence of God with him, in life, at death, and for ever. Men can do nothing against God, and God can make all that men do against his people, to turn to their good.

CONC:

Angels Care Conscious Entertain Entertained Forget Forgetful Guests Hospitality Kindness Love Messengers Neglect Open Strangers Thereby Unawares

Angels Care Conscious Entertain Entertained Forget Forgetful Guests Hospitality House Kindness Love Messengers Neglect Open Show Strangers Thereby Unawares Way

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