This instruction is the third of Peter’s list flowing from his “therefore” in 1 Peter 4:7. This “hospitality” is the result of the love Peter has been calling for throughout his letter. With Christ’s return forthcoming, and suffering par for the course of Christian living in this sin-filled world, Christians should be generous to those who have lost work and/or family and open their homes to them (see Mark 10:29–30). In this way the body of believers (the church) forms a viable and safe alternate community in distinction from the unbelieving community of which they used to be a part.
9 Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.