1 Peter 2:16
As free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
15For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Cross References
John 8:32And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Romans 6:18Being then freed from sin, we have been made servants of justice.
1 Corinthians 7:22For he that is called in the Lord, being a bondman, is the freeman of the Lord. Likewise he that is called, being free, is the bondman of Christ.
Galatians 5:13For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty: only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh, but by charity of the spirit serve one another.
Colossians 3:24Knowing that you shall receive of the Lord the reward of inheritance. Serve ye the Lord Christ.
James 1:25But he that hath looked into the perfect law of liberty, and hath continued therein, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work; this man shall be blessed in his deed.
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 →