1 Peter 4:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Keep open house for all with a glad heart;

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Referenced Verses

  • Phil 2:14 : 14 Do all things without protests and arguments;
  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.
  • Rom 12:13 : 13 Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
  • Titus 1:8 : 8 But opening his house freely to guests; a lover of what is good, serious-minded, upright, holy, self-controlled;
  • Phlm 1:14 : 14 But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.
  • 2 Cor 9:7 : 7 Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.
  • Rom 16:23 : 23 Gaius, with whom I am living, whose house is open to all the church, sends his love, so does Erastus, the manager of the accounts of the town, and Quartus, the brother.

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