Romans 12:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Necessity; the word signifies uses. The saints must be succoured in things useful, as well as necessary. This apostle, in his Second Epistle to the Corinthians, spends two whole Chapter s about this sort of charity, in relieving the poor saints; viz. 2 Corinthians 8:1-9:15: see also Galatians 6:10 Hebrews 13:16. Given to hospitality; or, as the word may be rendered, pursue hospitality; hunt after it, as Abraham and Lot did, Genesis 18:1,2 Ge 19:1,2. Concerning this duty of accommodating strangers, (which is here meant by hospitality), see Deuteronomy 10:18,19 Isa 58:7 1 Timothy 3:2 Titus 1:8 Hebrews 13:2 1 Peter 4:9.