1 Peter 2:16

A Call To Good Works

¹⁵ For it is God's will that by doing right you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. ¹⁶ Live like free men, only do not make your freedom a pretext for doing evil, but live like slaves of God. ¹⁷ Show honor to everyone. Practice love for the brotherhood; practice reverence to God and honor to the Emperor.

Servants of God

Slaves of God

Romans 6:22

But now, since you have been freed from sin and have become the slaves of God, the immediate result is consecration, and the final destiny is eternal life.

1 Corinthians 7:22

For the slave who has been called to union with the Lord is the Lord's freedman; in the same way the freeman who has been called is a slave of Christ.

James 1:25

But the man who looks at the flawless law that makes men free, and keeps on looking, proving himself to be, not a forgetful hearer but an actual doer of what it requires, will be blessed in what he does.

Matthew 23:13

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you bolt the doors of the kingdom of heaven in men's faces, for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you let those who are trying to do so go in.

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 be guilty of sin. But now the fact is, they have no excuse for their sin.

Romans 6:18

and since you have been freed from sin, you have become the slaves of right-doing.

Galatians 5:1

This is the freedom with which Christ has made us free. So keep on standing in it, and stop letting your necks be fastened in the yoke of slavery again.

Galatians 5:13

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; only you must not let your freedom be an excuse for the gratification of your lower nature, but in love be slaves to one another.

Ephesians 6:6

not serving them as though they were watching you, but as true slaves of Christ, trying to carry out the will of God.

Colossians 3:24

for you know that it is from the Lord that you are going to get your pay in the form of an inheritance; so keep on serving Christ the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

Indeed, we never resorted to flattery, as you are well aware, nor to any pretext for making money; God is our witness.

James 2:12

You must continue talking and acting like people who are to be judged by the law that treats them as free.

2 Peter 2:19

promising them freedom, though they are slaves of destruction themselves; for a man is the slave of anything that conquers him.

Jude 1:4

For certain persons have sneaked in -- their doom was written down long ago -- godless persons, who turn the favor of our God into an excuse for licentiousness, and disown our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.