Verse 8
‘But given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled,’
In contrast we are now told what they should be. They should be hospitable (literally ‘a lover of strangers’) and always ready to welcome people into their home (compare Matthew 25:35; Romans 12:13; 1 Peter 4:9). In a time when inns were in short supply, expensive and often unsavoury this was important. They should love what is good, whether it be good people, good behaviour, good things or good works, for their aim should be the promotion of good. They should be sober-minded (shunning all appearance of evil), just and fair (giving to all what is their due), holy (concerned about what is decent in life) and self-controlled, (a total master of themselves).
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