Welcoming
When a foreigner lives with you in your land, don’t take advantage of him. Treat the foreigner the same as a native. ~ Leviticus 19:33 (MSG)
So welcome each other, in the same way that Christ also welcomed you, for God’s glory. ~ Romans 15:7 (CEB)
Lord, you're so welcoming that you can't turn it off. It's so much a part of who you are that you even foreigners are treated as though they are family. And that's good for me because I am a foreigner. Help me to have that same attitude toward the foreigners in my life. Save me from fear of "other" and let me be as Christ to all. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
