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1 Peter 2:16

Self-controlPurityServing others

14 or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.

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

17 Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

18 Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.

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BSB
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
KJV
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
WEB
Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
ASV
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
DARBY
as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
BLB
as free, and not having the freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as servants of God.
ÅB
som frie, og ikke som de som har friheten til ondskaps skjul, men som Guds tjenere.
OTB
Lev som frie mennesker, men bruk ikke friheten som et dekke for ondskap; lev som Guds tjenere.
B1930
som frie, og ikke som de som har friheten til ondskaps skjul, men som Guds tjenere.

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Cross references

  • Galatians 5:13

    For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

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  • Romans 6:22

    But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

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  • Romans 6:18

    You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:22

    For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.

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  • James 1:25

    But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

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  • Galatians 5:1

    It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

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  • Ephesians 6:6

    And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

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  • James 2:12

    Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.

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