1 Peter 2:16
As free, and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse, but as the seruauntes of God.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
17Honour all men: loue brotherly fellowship: feare God: honour the King.
Cross References
John 8:32And shall know the trueth, and the trueth shall make you free.
Romans 6:18Being then made free from sinne, yee are made the seruants of righteousnesse.
1 Corinthians 7:22For he that is called in the Lord, being. a seruant, is the Lords freeman: likewise also he that is called being free, is Christes seruant.
Galatians 5:13For brethren, ye haue bene called vnto libertie: onely vse not your libertie as an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another.
Colossians 3:24Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receiue the reward of the inheritance: for ye serue the Lord Christ.
James 1:25But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.
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 →