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Romans 12:13 | Hospitality Is Not a Personality Type
We have turned hospitality into a gift some people have and others do not. If you are an extrovert with a big house and a good kitchen, you are hospitable. Everyone else is off the hook. Romans 12:13 does not give anyone that out.
The word Paul uses is philoxenia, love of the stranger. And the verb he pairs it with is diōkontes, pursue. The same word used elsewhere for chasing something down. Hospitality in Paul's framing is not a passive personality trait. It is something you go after with intention. Something you have to actively decide to do because the default in most communities is to…
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