1 Peter 2:16
As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
In Context
17Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.
Cross References
John 8:32And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.
Romans 6:18And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.
1 Corinthians 7:22For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.
Galatians 5:13Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.
Colossians 3:24Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.
James 1:25But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:14-25
Submission to Magistrates; Various Exhortations; Christ's Example as a Sufferer. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the… Read the whole commentary →