1 Peter 2:16
As free people, do not use your freedom as a covering for wickedness, but be like servants of God.
Unlocked Literal 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 this is God's will, that in doing good you silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
17Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
Cross References
John 8:32and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Romans 6:18You have been made free from sin, and you have been made slaves of righteousness.
1 Corinthians 7:22For someone who is called by the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freeman. Likewise, the one who was free when he was called to believe is Christ's slave.
Galatians 5:13For you were called to freedom, brothers. But do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the sinful nature; rather, through love serve one another.
Colossians 3:24You know that you will receive from the Lord the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.
James 1:25But the person who looks carefully into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so, not just being a hearer who forgets, this man will be blessed in his actions.
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 →