Job 31:17-18

31:17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself,

and did not share any of it with orphans ¹  –

31:18 but from my youth I raised the orphan ²  like a father,

and from my mother’s womb ³ 

I guided the widow! ⁴ 

Genesis 19:2-3

19:2 He said, “Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night ⁵  and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.” ⁶  “No,” they replied, “we’ll spend the night in the town square.” ⁷ 

19:3 But he urged ⁸  them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.

Jude 1:15

1:15 to execute judgment on ⁹  all, and to convict every person ¹⁰  of all their thoroughly ungodly deeds ¹¹  that they have committed, ¹²  and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” ¹³ 

Jude 1:20-21

1:20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit, ¹⁴  1:21 maintain ¹⁵  yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating ¹⁶  the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life. ¹⁷ 

Isaiah 58:7

58:7 I want you ¹⁸  to share your food with the hungry

and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. ¹⁹ 

When you see someone naked, clothe him!

Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood! ²⁰ 

Matthew 25:35

25:35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

Matthew 25:40

25:40 And the king will answer them, ²¹  ‘I tell you the truth, ²²  just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters ²³  of mine, you did it for me.’

Matthew 25:44-45

25:44 Then they too will answer, ²⁴  ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?’ 25:45 Then he will answer them, ²⁵  ‘I tell you the truth, ²⁶  just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

Romans 12:13

12:13 Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.

Romans 12:1

Consecration of the Believer’s Life

12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, ²⁷  by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God ²⁸  – which is your reasonable service.

Romans 5:10

5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life?

Hebrews 13:2

13:2 Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it. ²⁹ 

Hebrews 13:1

Final Exhortations

13:1 Brotherly love must continue.

Hebrews 4:9

4:9 Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.

[31:17]  ¹ tn Heb “and an orphan did not eat from it.”

[31:18]  ² tn Heb “he grew up with me.” Several commentators have decided to change the pronoun to “I,” and make it causative.

[31:18]  ³ tn The expression “from my mother’s womb” is obviously hyperbolic. It is a way of saying “all his life.”

[31:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “I guided her,” referring to the widow mentioned in v. 16.

[19:2]  ⁵ tn The imperatives have the force of invitation.

[19:2]  ⁶ tn These two verbs form a verbal hendiadys: “you can rise up early and go” means “you can go early.”

[19:2]  ⁷ sn The town square refers to the wide street area at the gate complex of the city.

[19:3]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew verb פָּצַר (patsar, “to press, to insist”) ironically foreshadows the hostile actions of the men of the city (see v. 9, where the verb also appears). The repetition of the word serves to contrast Lot to his world.

[1:15]  ⁹ tn Grk “against” (κατά [kata] + genitive). English usage is satisfied with “on” at this point, but the parallel is lost in the translation to some degree, for the end of v. 15 says that this judgment is meted out on these sinners because they spoke against him (κατά + genitive).

[1:15]  ¹⁰ tn Or “soul.”

[1:15]  ¹¹ tn Grk “of all their works of ungodliness.” The adverb “thoroughly” is part of the following verb “have committed.” See note on verb “committed” later in this verse.

[1:15]  ¹² tn The verb in Greek does not simply mean “have committed,” but “have committed in an ungodly way.” The verb ἀσεβέω (asebew) is cognate to the noun ἀσέβεια (asebeia, “ungodliness”). There is no easy way to express this in English, since English does not have a single word that means the same thing. Nevertheless, the tenor of v. 15 is plainly seen, regardless of the translation.

[1:15]  ¹³ sn An apparent quotation from 1 En. 1:9. There is some doubt as to whether Jude is actually quoting from the text of 1 Enoch; the text here in Jude differs in some respects from the extant text of this pseudepigraphic book. It is sometimes suggested that Jude may instead have been quoting from oral tradition which had roots older than the written text.

[1:20]  ¹⁴ tn The participles in v. 20 have been variously interpreted. Some treat them imperativally or as attendant circumstance to the imperative in v. 21 (“maintain”): “build yourselves up…pray.” But they do not follow the normal contours of either the imperatival or attendant circumstance participles, rendering this unlikely. A better option is to treat them as the means by which the readers are to maintain themselves in the love of God. This both makes eminently good sense and fits the structural patterns of instrumental participles elsewhere.

[1:21]  ¹⁵ tn Or “keep.”

[1:21]  ¹⁶ tn Or “waiting for.”

[1:21]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “unto eternal life.”

[58:7]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Is it not?” The rhetorical question here expects a positive answer, “It is!”

[58:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and afflicted [ones], homeless [ones] you should bring [into] a house.” On the meaning of מְרוּדִים (mÿrudim, “homeless”) see HALOT 633 s.v. *מָרוּד.

[58:7]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and from your flesh do not hide yourself.”

[25:40]  ²¹ tn Grk “answering, the king will say to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

[25:40]  ²² tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[25:40]  ²³ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited). In this context Jesus is ultimately speaking of his “followers” (whether men or women, adults or children), but the familial connotation of “brothers and sisters” is also important to retain here.

[25:44]  ²⁴ tn Grk “Then they will answer, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[25:45]  ²⁵ tn Grk “answer them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[25:45]  ²⁶ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[12:1]  ²⁷ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[12:1]  ²⁸ tn The participle and two adjectives “alive, holy, and pleasing to God” are taken as predicates in relation to “sacrifice,” making the exhortation more emphatic. See ExSyn 618-19.

[13:2]  ²⁹ sn This is a vague allusion to people described in scripture and extra-biblical literature and may include Abraham and Sarah (Gen 18:2-15), Lot (Gen 19:1-14), Gideon (Judg 6:11-18), Manoah (Judg 13:3-22), and possibly Tobit (Tob 12:1-20).