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


In Context

13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

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

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

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

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

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

1 Peter 2:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:16As free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16as free, and not using your freedom for a cloke of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.