1 Peter 2:16 | |
NASB: [Act] as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but [use it] as bondslaves of God. (NASB ©1995) GWT: Live as free people, but don't hide behind your freedom when you do evil. Instead, use your freedom to serve God. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. ASV: as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God. BBE: As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God; DBY: as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen. WEY: Be free men, and yet do not make your freedom an excuse for base conduct, but be God's bondservants. WBS: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. WEB: as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God. YLT: as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God; | |
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