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1 Peter 2:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 16 Be as free people,+ using your freedom, not as a cover* for doing wrong,+ but as slaves of God.+

1 Peter 2:16

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 16 ὡς as ἐλεύθεροι, free (ones), καὶ and μὴ not ὡς as ἐπικάλυμμα covering upon ἔχοντες having τῆς of the κακίας badness τὴν the ἐλευθερίαν, freedom, ἀλλ’ but ὡς as θεοῦ of God δοῦλοι. slaves.

1 Peter 2:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 16 Be as free people,+ and yet holding YOUR freedom, not as a blind for badness,+ but as slaves of God.+

1 Peter 2:16

The Bible in Living English
- 16 as freemen, and not as having freedom for a cover to viciousness, but as servants of God.

1 Peter 2:16

American Standard Version
- 16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

1 Peter 2:16

The Emphasized Bible
- 16 As free, Yet not as a cloak of vice holding your freedom, But as God’s servants.

1 Peter 2:16

King James Version
- 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.