1 Peter 2:16
Live like free men; and yet do not make your freedom a cloak for misconduct, but be the slaves of God.
Montgomery 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 it is the will of God that by well-doing you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.
17Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Reverence God. Honor the Emperor.
Cross References
John 8:32"and you shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
Romans 6:18and being set free from sin, you became the slaves of righteousness -
1 Corinthians 7:22For the slave who has been called in the Lord is the Lord’s freedman; and in the same way, the free man who is called is Christ’s slave.
Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called for freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for self-indulgence, but in love enslave yourselves to one another.
Colossians 3:24You know that from the Lord you will receive reward of the inheritance, for you are the Lord Christ’s slaves.
James 1:25But the man who looks closely into the perfect law - the law of liberty - and continues looking, this man will be blessed in his deed because he is not a hearer who forgets, but a doer who does.
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 →