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• Sojourner

  A sojourner is a person who has left his or her own land and lives in a land belonging to others. Old Testament law commands the protection of sojourners, and the New Testament calls believers sojourners in the world.

• Leviticus 19:33–34

  A command in Leviticus not to mistreat the stranger (resident alien) dwelling in the land of Israel, but to regard him as one born in the land and to love him as oneself. Because it extends the commandment of neighbor-love to the stranger, the passage is frequently cited in discussions of immigration and refugees.

• Sojourner

  A sojourner, or resident alien, is a biblical term for a foreigner who has left his homeland and lives among another people. The Old Testament law commands that such people be protected, and the New Testament applies the term to Christian identity.

• Hospitality

  Hospitality is the practice of welcoming guests or unfamiliar strangers into one's home and church and providing them with food and a place to rest. Scripture commends it as a virtue of believers and an expression of the life of faith.

• Hebrews 11:13–16

  A passage stating that the patriarchs of faith died without receiving all that had been promised, yet regarded themselves as strangers on the earth and longed for a better, heavenly country. It is frequently cited in discussions of Christian identity as pilgrims and of the hope of heaven.

• 1 Peter 1:1–2

  The opening greeting of 1 Peter addresses Christians scattered across five regions of Asia Minor as "elect" strangers and brings together the work of the Father, the Spirit, and the Son in a single sentence. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of predestination, election, and the Trinity.

• 1 Peter 1

  1 Peter 1 is the opening chapter of the epistle. After greeting the believers scattered as strangers, it speaks of the living hope obtained through the resurrection and of joy amid trials. It then exhorts readers to live holy lives and to love one another as people redeemed by the blood of Christ.

• Gershom

  Gershom was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah, a Midianite woman, and appears in Exodus and 1 Chronicles. His name comes from Moses' experience of living as a stranger in a foreign land.

• Gleaning

  Gleaning was an Old Testament legal institution requiring that fallen ears of grain and leftover fruit be left at harvest for the poor and the stranger to gather. It is best known from the Book of Ruth, where Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz.

• Orphan

  In the Bible, an orphan is a child who has lost his or her father and has no one to provide protection. Together with the widow and the stranger, the orphan is repeatedly named as one of the vulnerable whom God cares for in a special way and whom the community is obligated to protect.

• Leviticus 19

  Leviticus 19 is a collection of ordinances, gathered under the command "Ye shall be holy," that address worship, relations with one's neighbor, protection of the poor and the stranger, and justice in judgment and commerce. The chapter contains the verse "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

• Deuteronomy 10

  Deuteronomy 10 recounts Moses' receiving of the second tablets of stone and the ark, and exhorts Israel to fear and love the LORD, to circumcise their hearts, and to love the stranger.

• Exodus 23

  Exodus 23 is the final chapter of the Book of the Covenant. It sets out ordinances on just judgment and on the treatment of enemies and strangers, establishes the sabbatical year and the Sabbath, and prescribes three annual feasts. It closes with God's promise to send an angel to lead Israel into Canaan.

• Psalm 144

  Psalm 144 is a fifteen-verse psalm bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." It praises God, who delivers in battle, and asks for rescue from the hand of strangers. It then celebrates the blessedness of the people whose God is the LORD.

• 3 John 1

  3 John 1 constitutes the whole of the single-chapter book of 3 John. It is a brief personal letter in which the elder commends Gaius for showing hospitality to traveling evangelists who were strangers, rebukes Diotrephes for hindering them, and recommends Demetrius.

• Exodus 22

  Exodus 22 is part of the Book of the Covenant, the collection of laws given at Mount Sinai. It contains regulations on restitution for theft and property damage, liability for goods held in trust, the protection of the stranger, the widow, the fatherless, and the poor, and laws concerning offerings to God and holiness.

• Deuteronomy 24

  Deuteronomy 24 contains laws protecting households and neighbors, including the prohibition against remarrying a former wife after divorce, the exemption of newly married men from military service, rules on pledges and wages, the principle of individual responsibility, and the leaving of gleanings for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

• 1 Peter 2:13–17

  An exhortation in First Peter urging Christians to submit to rulers and human institutions "for the Lord's sake" and not to use their freedom as a cover for evil. Together with Romans 13, it is frequently cited in discussions of the Christian's stance toward state authority.

• 1 Peter 4:10–11

  First Peter 4:10–11 urges believers to use the gifts each has received to serve one another as stewards of God's grace. It is frequently cited in teaching on service, church offices, and stewardship.

• 1 Peter 2:12

  First Peter 2:12 urges Christians living amid persecution and slander to conduct themselves with good works so that unbelievers may glorify God. It is frequently cited in support of the idea that the Christian life is itself a form of witness.