Parallel Verses
Thomas Haweis New Testament
as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for wicked practices; but as being servants 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Live] as free [persons], and not using your freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves 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.
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
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Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 Peter 2:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Good Works
15 For such is the will of God, that by well doing ye hold under restraint the ignorance of foolish men: 16 as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for wicked practices; but as being servants of God. 17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Cross References
Romans 6:22
But now being set at liberty from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and at the end life eternal.
1 Corinthians 7:22
For he that is called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freed man: in like manner also, he that is called, being a free man, is the servant of Christ.
James 1:25
But he that looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and perseveres, this man not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his practice.
Matthew 23:13
Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven from men; for ye yourselves enter not in, and those who were coming in, ye suffer not to enter.
John 8:32-36
and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 15:22
Had I not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Romans 6:18
Emancipated then from sin, ye became servants to righteousness.
Galatians 5:1
STAND fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again held under a yoke of bondage.
Galatians 5:13
For ye have been called unto liberty, brethren; only use not that liberty as a pretext for carnality, but in love be subject one to another.
Ephesians 6:6
not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul;
Colossians 3:24
knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye are servants to the Lord Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For neither at any time used we insinuating language, as ye know, nor a pretext for covetousness; God is witness:
James 2:12
So speak, and so act, as those who shall be judged by the law of liberty.
2 Peter 2:19
Preaching liberty to them, while they themselves are the slaves of corruption: for by whatever a man is overcome, by that also he is enslaved.
Jude 1:4
For certain men have craftily introduced themselves, who were from of old proscribed for this condemnation, ungodly men, changing the grace of God into impurity, and denying our only sovereign God and Lord, Jesus Christ.