easy in any age to have long and continued dealings with a person and still never accept that person fully into fellowship. Paul uses this prosdechomai for welcoming a person as a sister or brother in the Lord (Romans 16:2; Philippians 2:29). The word appears in the sayings of Jesus, where Mark states, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me” (Mark 9:37). The crowning blow was that Jesus ate with them. In the eyes of his