1 Peter 2:16
1 Peter 2:16 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
16Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
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16Act as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bond-servants of God.
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16Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover or pretext for evil, but [use it and live] as bond-servants of God.
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16Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
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16as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
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16As free, and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse, but as the seruauntes of God.
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16Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
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16Live as free people. But don’t use your freedom to cover up evil. Live as people who are God’s slaves.
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16You are free people. But you are servants of God. So do not think, ‘Because I am free, I can do any bad thing that I want to do.’
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16as free, and not having freedom as the cloak of evil, but as servants of God;
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