1 Peter 2:16

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

1 Peter 2:16 - Amplified Bible

[Live] as free people, [yet] without employing your freedom as a pretext for wickedness; but [live at all times] as servants of God.

1 Peter 2:16 - American Standard Version

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

1 Peter 2:16 - 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;

1 Peter 2:16 - Darby Bible

as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God`s bondmen.

1 Peter 2:16 - English Standard Version

Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.

1 Peter 2:16 - 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 - La Biblia de las Americas

Andad como libres, pero no uséis la libertad como pretexto para la maldad, sino empleadla como siervos de Dios.

1 Peter 2:16 - The Message

1 Peter 2:16 - New American Standard Bible

{Act} as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but {use it} as bondslaves of God.

1 Peter 2:16 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Anden como libres, pero no usen la libertad como pretexto para la maldad, sino empléenla como siervos de Dios.

1 Peter 2:16 - World English Bible

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

1 Peter 2:16 - Young's Living Translation

as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;

1 Peter 2:16 - Additional Comments

See bondage and freedom described in Gal 5:1,13.
We are free in Christ. Paradoxically, by following more rules (God's law), we have true freedom (Gal 5:1), because we are free from sin. Sin causes pain, and we now have the power to avoid the things that cause pain. If you are allowing sin to infiltrate your life, you are allowing pain to be regular in your life. Through God you have the power to be free from sin and pain (the pain that sin causes).

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