1 Peter 2:16
as emancipated/liberated/released/free[adjective], and not as having cover-effect-upon of{the bad-ia}, the emancipation/liberation/release-ia/freedom; contrariwise, as slaves of{God}.
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
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
17Value all[plural], be-loving the brotherhood, be-fearing the God, be-valuing the king,
Cross References
John 8:32and you-will-know the truth and the truth will-emancipate/liberate/release/free you."
Romans 6:18Moreover, emancipated/liberated/released/freed from of{the sin}, you-are-enslaved to{the justice-ness}.
1 Corinthians 7:22for the slave called in to{[the] Lord} is-being emancipated/liberated/released/freed-off/away[adjective] of{[the] Lord}; similarly also the emancipated/liberated/released/free[adjective] called is-being [a] slave of{Anointed}.
Galatians 5:13for you are-called upon to{emancipation/liberation/release-ia/freedom}, brothers, only not the emancipation/liberation/release-ia/freedom into impetus/impulse/initiative-off/away to{the flesh}; contrariwise, through of{the love} be-slaving to{one-another},
Colossians 3:24having-beheld that from of{[the] Lord} you-will-take-selves the opposite-give-off/away-sis[i.e. state of compensation in exchange] of{the inheritance}. To{the Lord Anointed} you-are-slaving,
James 1:25Moreover, the stoop[ing]-beside into [the] accomplished[adjective] law, the of{the emancipation/liberation/release-ia/freedom} and remain[ing]-beside, be[ing]-become not [a] hearer of{forgetfulness}, contrariwise [a] doer of{work}, the-same will-be blessed in to{the do-sis[i.e. state of doing]} of{same}.
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 →