Bible verse

Hebrews 13:2

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

Hebrews 13:2 · BSB

Hebrews 13:2 in context

The verses around it, from Hebrews 13.

1 Continue in brotherly love.

2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

3 Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.

4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

6 So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

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Hebrews 13:2 in other translations

KJV

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

ASV

Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

ERV

Forget not to shew love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

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