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


In Context

13 Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority,

14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.

15 For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.

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

17 Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

18 Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.

1st Peter 2:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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