1 Peter 2:16
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
KJV
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
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Commentary
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὡς | hōs | as | G5613 → |
| ἐλεύθεροι | eleutheroi | free | G1658 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| ὡς | hōs | as | G5613 → |
| ἐπικάλυμμα | epikalumma | a cover-up | G1942 → |
| ἔχοντες | echontes | having | G2192 → |
| τῆς | tēs | <the> | G3588 → |
| κακίας | kakias | for evil | G2549 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| ἐλευθερίαν, | eleutherian | freedom, | G1657 → |
| ἀλλ᾽ | all᾽ | but | G235 → |
| ὡς | hōs | as | G5613 → |
| θεοῦ | theou | of God | G2316 → |
| δοῦλοι. | douloi | servants. | G1401 → |
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