1 Peter 4:9

1 Peter 4:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
• New International Version (NIV)Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

Context of 1 Peter 4:9

7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer: 8above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins: using hospitality one to another without murmuring: 10according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God; 11if any man speaketh, speaking as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 4:9 word by word

φιλόξενοι εἰς ἀλλήλους ἄνευ γογγυσμοῦ·Read the interlinear

• oneἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240

Cross-references for 1 Peter 4:9

• Romans 12:13communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.
• Romans 16:23Gaius my host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the treasurer of the city saluteth you, and Quartus the brother.
• 1 Timothy 3:2The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
• Hebrews 13:2Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
• 2 Corinthians 9:7Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
• Philippians 2:14Do all things without murmurings and questionings:
• Philemon 1:14but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.
• James 5:9Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 4:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Use hospitality - Be ever ready to divide your bread with the hungry, and to succor the stranger. See on Hebrews 13:2; (note). Without grudging - · Without grumblings. Do nothing merely because it is commanded, but do it from love to God and man; then it will be without grumbling.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Use hospitality one to another - On the duty of hospitality, see the Romans 12:13 note; Hebrews 13:2 note. Without grudging - Greek, “without murmurs;” that is, without complaining of the hardship of doing it; of the time, and expense, and trouble required in doing it. The idea of grudging, in the common sense of that word - that is, of doing it unwillingly, or regretting the expense, and considering it as ill-bestowed, or as not producing an equivalent…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-11Verses 7-11 The destruction of the Jewish church and nation, foretold by our Saviour, was very near. And the speedy approach of death and judgment concerns all, to which these words naturally lead our minds. Our approaching end, is a powerful argument to make us sober in all worldly matters, and earnest in religion. There are so many things amiss in all, that unless love covers, excuses, and forgives in others, the mistakes and faults for which every one…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-11With this paragraph of final instructions, Peter brings the third main part of the letter to a close (3:13–4:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. (Ro 12:13; He 13:2.) Not the spurious hospitality which passes current in the world, but the entertaining of those needing it, especially those exiled for the faith, as the representatives of Christ, and all hospitality to whomsoever exercised from genuine Christian love. without grudging--Greek, "murmuring." "He that giveth, let him do it with simplicity," that is open-hearted sincerity; with cordiality. Not secretly speaking against the person whom…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 4:9

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Commentaries on 1 Peter 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings