Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Bible References
A cloke
Matthew 23:14
[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—
But
Ephesians 6:6 not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.
Colossians 3:24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.