1 Peter 2:16

As Avadim (Servants) of Hashem, live as Bnei Chorin (Sons of Freedom, Freedmen); yet do not use your cherut (freedom) as a cloak for concealing ra'ah (evil).

Orthodox Jewish 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 the ratzon Hashem (the will of G-d) that you, by acting as anshei tzedek, may silence the lack of da'as (knowledge) of the kesilim (the foolish people).

17Have kavod (respect, honor) toward kol Bnei Adam; have ahavah (agape) toward HaAchim (The Brotherhood of the Messianic Chavurah); have yirat Shomayim toward Hashem, + 2:17 1:17; 2:17; 3:2,6 ,14, 16 have kavod to HaMelech.

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Cross References

John 8:32And you will have da'as of HaEmes (the Truth) and HaEmes will give you cherut (freedom). + 8:32 Lv 25:10; Isa 61:1-3; 53:4-12

Romans 6:18Having been set free from + 6:18 slave master Chet (sin), you became an eved of the Tzidkat Hashem (the righteousness of G-d).

1 Corinthians 7:22For, the one in Hashem having been called while a bond servant is + 7:22 Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinuʼs ben Chorin (freedman); likewise, the one having been called while a ben Chorin is the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiachʼs bond servant.

Galatians 5:13For, Achim B'Moshiach, you were called for “zman Cheruteinu”; + 5:13 5:1 only use not the Cherut for a pretext for the basar, but, through ahavah (agape), minister to one another as avadim (servants).

Colossians 3:24Having da'as that from Adoneinu you will receive the sachar of the nachalah + 3:24 Co 1:12; Ps 16:5-6 (alloted inheritance). Serve Adoneinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

James 1:25But the one having peered into the Torah HaShleimah (the Perfect Torah), the Torah HaCherut (the Torah of Freedom), and there remaining, not as a forgetful listener but one who is shomer mitzvot and goes into action, this one will have a bracha on his head in all his acts. + 1:25 Ps 19:7

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 →

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