13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. These verses indicate two ways to practice this “brotherly love.” One way is to “not forget to entertain strangers.” The compound word φιλοξενία (philoxenia) can also be translated “hospitality”2 and its close relationship with the compound word translated “brotherly love” (φιλαδελφία, philadelphia) is seen in the word which they share (φιλία, philia, “friendship, love”).3 Our writer’s
Hebrews 13:2