Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Live] as free [persons], and not using your freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves of God.
New American Standard Bible
Act as
King James Version
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Holman Bible
As God’s slaves,
International Standard Version
Live like free people, and do not use your freedom as an excuse for doing evil. Instead, be God's servants.
A Conservative Version
As free, and not having your freedom as a cover-up of evil, but as bondmen of God.
American Standard Version
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
Amplified
Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover or pretext for evil, but [use it and live] as bond-servants of God.
An Understandable Version
As servants of God, you should live as free people, but do not use this freedom to cover up your wrongdoing.
Anderson New Testament
as being free, and yet not using your freedom as a cloak for malice, but as servants of God.
Bible in Basic English
As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;
Common New Testament
Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a covering for evil; live as servants of God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
men. You are free, don't let your liberty serve as a pretext for vice: but act as the servants
Darby Translation
as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Live as freemen, yet do not use your freedom as a covering of wickedness; but as the servants of God.
Godbey New Testament
as free, and not as having the freedom as a cover of evil, but as servants of God.
Goodspeed New Testament
Live like free men, only do not make your freedom an excuse for doing wrong, but be slaves of God.
John Wesley New Testament
yet not having your liberty for a cloak of wickedness, but as the servants of God.
Julia Smith Translation
As free, and as not having liberty for a covering of wickedness, but as the servants of God.
King James 2000
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Modern King James verseion
as free, and not having freedom as a cover of evil, but as servants of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
as free, and not as having the liberty for a cloak of maliciousness: but even as the servants of God.
Moffatt New Testament
Live like free men, only do not make your freedom a pretext for misconduct; live like servants of God.
Montgomery New Testament
Live like free men; and yet do not make your freedom a cloak for misconduct, but be the slaves of God.
NET Bible
Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God's slaves.
New Heart English Bible
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
Noyes New Testament
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as servants of God.
Sawyer New Testament
as free, and not using freedom for a cloak of vice, but as servants of God.
The Emphasized Bible
As free, yet, not as a cloak of vice, holding your freedom, but, as God's servants.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for wicked practices; but as being servants of God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Act as free men, yet not using your freedom as those do who make it a cloak for wickedness, but as Servants of God.
Webster
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Weymouth New Testament
Be free men, and yet do not make your freedom an excuse for base conduct, but be God's bondservants.
Williams New Testament
Live like free men, only do not make your freedom a pretext for doing evil, but live like slaves of God.
World English Bible
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
Worrell New Testament
as free, and not holding your freedom as a cloak for wickedness, but as servants of God.
Worsley New Testament
as free, and yet not using your liberty as a cloke for wickedness, but as the servants of God.
Youngs Literal Translation
as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;
Themes
Freedom/liberty » What not to use liberty for
Government » Duty of citizens to
Liberty » The abuse of, warnings against
Christian Liberty » Saints should » Not abuse
Topics
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References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 Peter 2:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Good Works
15 For the will of God is as follows: [by] doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish people. 16 [Live] as free [persons], and not using your freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves of God. 17 Honor all [people], love the community of believers, fear God, honor the king.
Cross References
Romans 6:22
But now, having been set free from sin and having been enslaved to God, you have your fruit [leading] to sanctification, and its end [is] eternal life.
1 Corinthians 7:22
For the one who is called in the Lord [while] a slave is the Lord's freedperson. Likewise the one who is called [while] free is a slave of Christ.
James 1:25
But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues [to do it], not being a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts, this one will be blessed {in what he does}.
Matthew 23:13
"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you shut the kingdom of heaven before people! For you do not enter, nor permit those wanting to go in to enter.
John 8:32-36
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
John 15:22
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they do not have a valid excuse for their sin.
Romans 6:18
and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.
Galatians 5:1
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not let your freedom [become] an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Ephesians 6:6
not {while being watched}, as people pleasers, but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart,
Colossians 3:24
[because you] know that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
{For never} did we come with a word of flattery, just as you know, nor with a pretext of greediness (God [is] witness),
James 2:12
Thus speak and thus act as those who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.
2 Peter 2:19
promising them freedom [although they] themselves are slaves of depravity. For to whatever someone succumbs, by this he is also enslaved.
Jude 1:4
For certain men have slipped in stealthily, who were designated long ago for this condemnation, ungodly ones, who change the grace of our God into licentiousness and who deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.