InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 1 Pet C1 C2 C3 C5
1 Pet 4 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19
Used in these topics: Hospitality and welcoming strangers · Stewardship, contentment and generosity · The Holy Spirit and spiritual gifts · The priesthood and ministry of all believers
OET (OET-RV) Show hospitality to each other without grumbling.
In this section, Peter said that the end of the world is near, and therefore Christians should be self-controlled and prayerful. They should love each other, be hospitable, and use their special abilities to help each other. In this way they would bring glory to God.
Some other headings for this section include:
Use God’s Gifts Wisely (NCV)
Your attitude in these last days
Show hospitality to one another
Welcome one another into your houses.
Invite other believers into your homes.
Show hospitality to one another: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as Show hospitality to one another refers to receiving other believers as guests in one’s home. This would involve giving them food and a place to sleep. Other ways to say this include:
Welcome each other into your houses (NJB)
Open your homes to each other (NCV)
without complaining.
Do not complain about doing this.
Do this willingly/cheerfully.
without complaining: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as without complaining means that Christians should not grumble about having to give meals and lodging to other believers. In some languages it may be natural to translate this positively. For example:
cheerfully (NLT)
be happy to have other believers as visitors in your homes (EASY)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
φιλόξενοι
hospitable_‹be›
The word hospitable refers to showing kindness to and providing for the needs of guests and travelers. This was especially important in Peter’s time because inns were dangerous places where people did many immoral activities, so Christians could not stay in them. If it might be helpful to your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: [be those who provide food and a sleeping place] or [be those who provide room and board]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes
ἄνευ γογγυσμοῦ
apart_from grumbling
Here Peter uses a figure of speech that expresses a strong positive meaning by using a negative word together with a word that is the opposite of the intended meaning. If this is confusing in your language, you can express the meaning positively. Alternate translation: [with cheerfulness]
OET (OET-RV) Show hospitality to each other without grumbling.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.
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