2. φιλόξενος Hospitality Hospitality = friendly to strangers “Philoxenos”
Philos
“Stranger”
“Friend”
Hospitality = friendly to strangers

3. Hospitality = friendly to strangers
It’s not cooking
It’s not having friends over

4. Hospitality = friendly to strangers
7 ways to be friendly to strangers
(Genesis 18:1-8)
Noticing them (v1,2)
Making the first move (v2)
Hurrying to meet them (v2)
Greeting them (v2)
Asking them to stay (v3)
Making the effort (v4)
Sharing the best of what we have (v5-7)

5. Hospitality = friendly to strangers
A (very) few examples:
Romans 16:23, Titus 1:8, Matthew 10, Matthew 25
Why should we be hospitable?
Because we were strangers to God – and he welcomed us in
Ephesians 2:12 you were separate from Christ ... excluded ... foreigners ... without hope and without God
Ephesians 2:19 you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people