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Brotherly love (philadelphia). Late word from philadelphos (1Pe 3:8). See 1Th 4:9. It is always in order in a church.
To show love unto strangers (tēs philoxenias). Old word for hospitality, from philoxenos (1Ti 3:2), in N.T. only here and Rom 12:3. In genitive case with epilanthanesthe (present middle imperative, cf. Heb 6:10).
Have entertained angels unawares (elathon xenisantes aggelous). Second aorist active indicative of lanthanō, old verb to escape notice and first aorist active participle of xenizō, old verb to entertain a guest (xenos, stranger), according to a classic idiom seen with lanthanō, tugchanō, phthanō, by which the chief idea is expressed by the participle (supplementary participle), here meaning, “some escaped notice when entertaining angels.” The reference is to Gen 18; 19 (Abraham and Sarah did this very thing).