Verse Lens · Concise explanation
1 Peter 4:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
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Quick Meaning
This verse commands mutual hospitality without grumbling.
Read It With
- 1 Peter 4:7–11
Read 1 Peter 4:9 with 4:7–11. This verse commands mutual hospitality without grumbling. The complete unit establishes this movement: Because the end is near, the community should think soberly for prayer, love earnestly, welcome without resentment, and steward varied grace through speech and service in God's strength so that God is glorified through Jesus.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The paragraph defines readiness for the end through prayerful clarity and concrete mutual care rather than spectacle. Within that movement, this verse commands mutual hospitality without grumbling.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“without grudging”
In plain language: The manner matters: welcome is not to become coerced resentment.
Commands mutual hospitality without grumbling. Welcome should be willing and relational rather than resentful performance.
Why it matters: The wording identifies this verse's distinct contribution to the complete unit.
How certain? probableWhat Remains True
Welcome should be willing and relational rather than resentful performance.
How It Can Shape Life
- Offer consent-aware hospitality within capacity and safeguarding limits.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 1 Peter 4:7–11 — Nearness Calls for Prayer, Love, Hospitality, and Grace-Shaped ServiceSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
Hospitality does not require unsafe home access, financial overextension, ignored trauma, or contact without consent.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Peter 4:7–11, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, clause relationships, repeated terms, and original-language discussion.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file 1Pet.txt, 4:7–11
Open the 1 Peter Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — 1 Peter with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level Greek, syntax, older-English wording, textual variants, and interpretive alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Peter PDF, 4:7–11 translation with attached translator, study, and textual notes
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