1 Peter 2:16 KJV

1 Peter · chapter 2 · verse 16 · King James Version

As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.1 Peter 2:16 · King James Version

1 Peter 2:16 in context

14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

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servantsdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
libertyeleutherialiberty to do or to omit things having no relationship to salvation, fancied liberty…G1657 →
usingechōto haveG2192 →
freeeleutherosfreeborn, in a civil sense, one who is not a slave, of one who ceases to be a slave…G1658 →
Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →