1 Peter 2:16
as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;
Young's 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
15because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;
17to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.
Cross References
John 8:32and the truth shall make you free.'
Romans 6:18and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.
1 Corinthians 7:22for he who [is] in the Lord — having been called a servant — is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:
Galatians 5:13For ye — to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,
Colossians 3:24having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance — for the Lord Christ ye serve;
James 1:25and he who did look into the perfect law — that of liberty, and did continue there, this one — not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work — this one shall be happy in his doing.
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 →