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13. ταῖς χρείαις. Cf. Act 28:10; Php 2:25; Php 4:16; Php 4:19; Tit 3:14 = the needs. On μνείαις see crit. note, p. xlv.
κοινωνοῦντες. κοιν. = to be partners or act as partners; the dat. of the thing marks the matter in which the partnership is exercised; cf. Rom 15:27; 1Ti 5:22; 1Pe 4:13; 2Jn 1:11; dat. of person = the persons with whom the partnership is formed, cf. Php 4:15; Gal 6:6; the gen. of the thing, the matter which the partners share; cf. Heb 2:14. So here = acting as their partners in the matter of their needs: goes farther than μεταδιδούς, Rom 12:8, as implying personal service; cf. 1Ti 6:18.
τὴν φιλοξενίαν διώκοντες. Cf. Rom 9:30-31, Rom 14:19; 1Co 14:1; 1Th 5:15, alibi This use confined to Pauline writings (incl. Heb., 1 Pet.); not the mere exercise, but the active search for opportunity is implied. Hospitality, a recognised duty, is to be carefully cultivated; cf. 1Pe 4:9; 1Ti 3:2; Tit 1:8.