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


In Context

13 Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

14 or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.

15 For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

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

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

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

1 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 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 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.