1 Peter 2:16
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
Majority Standard Bible
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 it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
17Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
Cross References
John 8:32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Romans 6:18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
1 Corinthians 7:22For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
Colossians 3:24because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. For it is the Lord Christ you are serving.
James 1:25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
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 →