ACC ~ Romans 12 v13

PRACTICE HOSPITALITY. ORIGEN: We must not look on the saints as beggars but see them as people who have needs like our own.

The practice of hospitality does not simply mean that we should entertain those who come to us. It means also that we should go out and invite others to come in. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

DIODORE: The point here is that we should honor the saints and take care of their needs until they no longer have them. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

AMBROSIASTER: 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.

CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEEDS OF THE SAINTS. PELAGIUS: Provide for those who need the services of others for a while, because they neglect their own affairs for the sake of Christ. Practice hospitality, because the saints did this too, e.g., Abraham and Lot, who detained even guests who were reluctant to stay. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: Paul says that it is right for us always to remember the saints, to regard their needs as our own, and thus to lighten their suffering.PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

THEODORET OF CYR: It is not just guests that Paul calls saints but also those (wherever they may come from) who are in any kind of need. INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS.

GENNADIUS OF CONSTANTINOPLE: Paul calls the believers “saints” because they have been called to be holy. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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