1 Peter 2:16

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

Literal

…as free, and not having the freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as servants of God.

Latin

…quasi liberi, et non quasi velamen habentes malitiæ libertatem, sed sicut servi Dei.

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English

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

Notes

1 Peter 2:13–3:7

This section focuses on the key instruction to submit to all human authority. Peter applies this instruction to several relationships:

Christians should accept the authority of those in government (2:13–17).
Christian slaves should accept the authority of their masters (2:18–25).
Christian wives should accept the authority of their husbands (3:1–6).

Peter appears to follow an early Christian use of the traditional household code. This code gave a series of instructions for different members of a household. Similar examples appear in Ephesians 5:21–6:9, Colossians 3:18–4:1, 1 Timothy 5:1–6:2, and Titus 2:1–10.

Theme notes and profiles

Simon Peter David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders The Household

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1 Peter 2:16

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