4:9a

Show hospitality to one another: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as Show hospitality to one another refers to receiving other believers as guests in one’s home. This would involve giving them food and a place to sleep. Other ways to say this include:

Welcome each other into your houses (New Jerusalem Bible)
-or-
Open your homes to each other (New Century Version)

4:9b

without complaining: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as without complaining means that Christians should not grumble about having to give meals and lodging to other believers. In some languages it may be natural to translate this positively. For example:

cheerfully (New Living Translation (2004))
-or-
be happy to have other believers as visitors in your homes (Easy English Bible)

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