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NASB | 2 John 1:10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 John 1:10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching [but diminishes or adds to the doctrine of Christ], do not receive or welcome him into your house, and do not give him a greeting or any encouragement; |
Bible Question:
Are we not suppose to practice hospitality? How far to we carry this? -What if the difference is teaching is minor, like denominational differences withing the envagelitical community? Does it mean that one may not invite Mormons, or other groups who just knocked at the door? Does it mean that it was wrong to say "hi" to that person? What about showing the love of Christ? -Are we faling to do so when we don't invite them in? Steve |
Bible Answer: Hospitality and Christian love are not always the same things. One can be socially graceful to another, such as a visitor to one's home, by going through the outward functions of appearing hospitable without any particular feeling of inward love toward that person, as likewise one can love another while at the same time, under certain conditions, denying him outward hospitality. Let me illustrate. The commandment is clear enough: "Love thy neighbor as thyself" -- but the application of it falls short of inviting into one's home every passer-by who seeks to intrude upon our hospitality by gaining entrance in order to poison our minds, rob us of our possessions, or otherwise inflict harm upon us. We can love the robber or the murderer and pray for him, but that doesn't mean we must abet him in his evil deeds by inviting him in to rob us or kill us. Similiarly, one can love the cultist without encouraging him in his error by giving him a favorable and sympathetic audience --Hank |
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