The word in Scripture

Hospitality in the Bible

The word hospitality appears 4 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Hospitality is generous welcome given to others. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What hospitality means in the Bible

Hospitality is generous welcome given to others.

Where the word hospitality appears

Here is every passage where the word hospitality appears, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.”Romans 12:13

“A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;”1 Timothy 3:2

“But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;”Titus 1:8

“Use hospitality one to another without grudging.”1 Peter 4:9