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"Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves."
— 1 Peter 2:16, NET Bible
“As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.”
“as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God. ”
“as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.”
“As free and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.”
“As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;”
“As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.”
Submission to Authorities Be subject to every human institution for the Lord’s sake, whether to a king as supreme
or to governors as those he commissions to punish wrongdoers and praise those who do good.
For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.
Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves.
Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.
Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.
For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.