Romans 12:13

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
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Ambrosiaster

AD 400
The imitator and lover of the saints will practice hospitality following the examples of Abraham and Lot as righteous men. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.

Cyprian of Carthage

AD 258
Or our work will He say now, "I was captive, and ye redeemed me! "And since again He says, "I was in prison, and ye came unto me "how much more will it be when He begins to say, "I was in the dungeon of captivity, and I lay shut up and bound among barbarians, and from that prison of slavery you delivered me "being about to receive a reward from the Lord when the day of judgment shall come! Finally, we give you the warmest thanks that you have wished us to be sharers in your anxiety,

Diodorus of Tarsus

AD 390
The point here is that we should honor the saints and take care of their needs until they no longer have them. .

Gennadius of Constantinople

AD 471
Paul calls the believers “saints” because they have been called to be holy. .

George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Communicating to the necessities of the saints. Making them partakers of what you have, by relieving them. (Witham)

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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