1 Peter 2:16
as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
Darby Translation
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
15Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;
17Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.
Cross References
John 8:32and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
Romans 6:18Now, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness.
1 Corinthians 7:22For the bondman that is called in [the] Lord is the Lord's freedman; in like manner [also] the freeman being called is Christ's bondman.
Galatians 5:13For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only [do] not [turn] liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Colossians 3:24knowing that of [the] Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance; ye serve the Lord Christ.
James 1:25But *he* that fixes his view on [the] perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in [it], being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of [the] work, *he* shall be blessed in his doing.
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 →