Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Peter 4:9

Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Peter 4:9 - 4:9

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Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Peter 4:9 - 4:9

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4:2 - 4:2
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Using hospitality (philoxenoi). “Friendly to strangers,” old word (from philos, xenos), in N.T. only here and 1Ti 3:2; Tit 1:8. No verb here in the Greek.

Without murmuring (aneu goggusmou). Like chōris goggusmōn in Phi 2:14. Complaint spoils hospitality. Jesus enjoined the entertainment of strangers (Mat 25:35). Inns were rare and very poor. Hospitality made mission work possible (3Jo 1:5).