1 Peter 2:16
“As free, and not vsing your libertie for a cloake of maliciousnesse, but as the seruants of God.”
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1 Peter 2:16 Context
14Or vnto gouernours, as vnto them that are sent by him, for the punishment of euil doers, and for the praise of them that doe well. 15For so is the will of God, that with well doing yee may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men. 16As free, and not vsing your libertie for a cloake of maliciousnesse, but as the seruants of God. 17Honour all men. Loue the brotherhood. Feare God. Honour the King. 18Seruants, be subiect to your masters with al feare, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
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Other Translations for 1 Peter 2:16
As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
- King James Version
{Act} as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but {use it} as bondslaves of God.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
- American Standard Version (1901)
As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;
- Basic English Bible
as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
- Darby Bible
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
- Webster's Bible
Be free men, and yet do not make your freedom an excuse for base conduct, but be God's bondservants.
- Weymouth Bible
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
- World English Bible
As fre men, and not as hauynge fredom the keuering of malice, but as the seruauntis of God.
- Wycliffe Bible
as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Peter 2:16
2:16 As free - Yet obeying governors, for God's sake.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Peter 2:16
1Pe 2:16 As free. Christians, freed from the bondage of sin and of the law, and having the free spirit of children, not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, an excuse, for wickedness. As the servants of God. They are God's servants.