English Standard Version
1 Peter 4:9
9Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.
Context of 1 Peter 4:9
7The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. 8Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: 11whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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Cross-references for 1 Peter 4:9
- Romans 12:13Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
- Romans 16:23Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.
- 1 Timothy 3:2Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
- Hebrews 13:2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
- 2 Corinthians 9:7Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
- Philippians 2:14Do all things without grumbling or disputing,
- Philemon 1:14but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord.
- James 5:9Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at 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
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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
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