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1 Peter 2:16

Self-controlPurityServing others

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:

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.

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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, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

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  • Romans 6:22

    But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

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  • Romans 6:18

    Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:22

    For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.

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  • James 1:25

    But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

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  • Galatians 5:1

    Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

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  • Ephesians 6:6

    Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

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  • James 2:12

    So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

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