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 drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers; 8but before all things having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins; hospitable one to another, without murmuring; 10each according as he has received a gift, ministering it to one another, as good stewards of [the] various grace of God. 11If any one speak — as oracles of God; if any one minister — as of strength which God supplies; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the might for the ages of ages. Amen.

1 Peter 4:9 word by word

φιλόξενοι εἰς ἀλλήλους ἄνευ γογγυσμοῦ·Read the interlinear

• hospitableφιλόξενοςphiloxenos · hospitableG5382
• oneἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240

Cross-references for 1 Peter 4:9

• Romans 12:13distributing to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.
• Romans 16:23Gaius, my host and of the whole assembly, salutes you. Erastus, the steward of the city, salutes you, and the brother Quartus.
• 1 Timothy 3:2The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
• Hebrews 13:2Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels.
• 2 Corinthians 9:7each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
• Philippians 2:14Do all things without murmurings and reasonings,
• Philemon 1:14but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:
• James 5:9Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.

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

• Commandments
• Hospitality

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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