1 Peter 2:16
as free, and not having freedom as the cloak of evil, but as servants of God;
Literal Standard Version
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, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men—
17give honor to all; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.
Cross References
John 8:32and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
Romans 6:18and having been freed from sin, you became servants to righteousness.
1 Corinthians 7:22for he who [is] in the LORD—having been called a servant—is the LORD’s freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:
Galatians 5:13For you were called to freedom, brothers, only the freedom [is] not for an occasion to the flesh, but serve one another through the love,
Colossians 3:24having known that you will receive the repayment of the inheritance from the LORD—for you serve the LORD Christ;
James 1:25but he who looked into [the] perfect law—that of liberty, and continued there, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of work—this one will 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 →