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 swallow up widows’ houses, and to cover it up you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation.]
John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have [the guilt of their] sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For as you well know, we never came with words of flattery nor with a pretext for greed—God is our witness—
But
Ephesians 6:6
not in the way of eye-service [working only when someone is watching you and only] to please men, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart;
Colossians 3:24
knowing [with all certainty] that it is from the Lord [not from men] that you will receive the inheritance which is your [greatest] reward. It is the Lord Christ whom you [actually] serve.