1 Peter 2:16
as fre and not as havinge the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but even as the servautes of god.
Tyndale New Testament
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 ye put to sylence the ygnorancie of the folyshe men:
17Honoure all men. Love brotherly felishippe. Feare god and honour the kynge.
Cross References
John 8:32They answered him: We be Abrahams seede and were never bonde to eny man: why sayest thou then ye shalbe made fre.
Romans 6:18Ye are then made fre from synne and are be come the servauntes of rightewesnes.
1 Corinthians 7:22For he that is called in the lorde beynge a servaunt is the lordes freman. Lykwyse he that is called beynge fre is Christes servaut.
Galatians 5:13Brethren ye were called in to (libertie) only let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesshe but in love serve one another.
Colossians 3:24for as moche as ye knowe that of the lorde ye shall receave the rewarde of inheritaunce for ye serve the lorde Christ.
James 1:25But whoso loketh in the parfaict lawe of libertie and continueth ther in (yf he be not a forgetfull hearer but a doar of the worke) the same shall be happie in his dede.
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 →