Notes on “Hospitable”:

“Hospitable” is “philoxenos” or a friend of foreigners. It is seen 3 times in the Bible.

1Ti 3:2 it is required, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, a husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, respectable, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

Tit 1:8 but a lover of strangers, a lover of [the] good, sober-minded, righteous, holy, self-controlled,

1Pe 4:9 [be] hospitable to one another, without murmuring;

It is worth noting that the first two are from passages described as “Qualifications for Overseers” or “Qualifications for Elders”. I would contend that it is simply what maturing should bring you to.

The Peter passage is also for those maturing, so I contend it is consistent.

Note also a few verses before:

1Pe 4:4 in which they think it strange—your not running with them to the same excess of wastefulness, slandering [you]—

The “strange” is “xenizō” which is the verb form of “xenos” which is foreigner or stranger, as seen in “philoxenos”.

My Lady, you are still loved by me!

Today’s postcard was sent to Walter.