1 Peter 2:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

As free, and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes, but euen as the seruauntes of God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 6:22 : 22 But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne, and made the seruauntes of God, haue your fruite vnto holynesse, and the ende euerlastyng lyfe.
  • 1 Cor 7:22 : 22 For he that is called in the Lord being a seruaunt, is the Lordes free man: Lykewyse also he that is called beyng free, is Christes seruaunt.
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth therin he being not a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, shalbe blessed in his deede.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 For brethren, ye haue ben called into libertie: Only let not libertie be an occasio to the flesshe, but by loue serue one another.
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 Not with seruice vnto the eye, as men pleasers: but as the seruautes of Christ.
  • Col 3:24 : 24 Knowyng, that of the Lorde ye shall receaue the rewarde of inheritaunce, for ye serue the Lorde Christe:
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes, as ye knowe, neither cloke of couetousnes, God is recorde,
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: ye neither go in your selues, neither suffer ye them that come, to enter in.
  • John 8:32-36 : 32 And ye shall knowe the trueth, and the trueth shall make you free. 33 They aunswered hym: We be Abrahams seede, and were neuer bonde to any man: howe sayest thou then, ye shalbe made free? 34 Iesus aunswered them: Ueryly, veryly I say vnto you, that whosoeuer comitteth sinne, is the seruaunt of sinne. 35 And the seruaut abideth not in ye house for euer: but the sonne abydeth euer. 36 Yf the sonne therefore shall make you free, then are ye free in deede.
  • John 15:22 : 22 Yf I had not come and spoken vnto them, they shoulde haue had no sinne: but nowe haue they nothyng to cloke their sinne withall.
  • Rom 6:18 : 18 Being then made free fro sinne, ye are become ye seruauntes of ryghteousnesse.
  • Jas 2:12 : 12 So speake ye, and so do, as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 Whyle they promise them libertie, where as they them selues are ye bonde seruauntes of corruption. For of whom a man is ouercome, vnto the same is he brought in bondage.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certayne vngodly men craftily crept in, which were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation: They turne the grace of our God vnto wantonnesse, and denye God which is the only Lorde, and our Lorde Iesus Christe.
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 Stande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free, and be not intangled agayne with ye yoke of bondage.

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  • Gal 5:13
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    13For brethren, ye haue ben called into libertie: Only let not libertie be an occasio to the flesshe, but by loue serue one another.

  • 1 Pet 2:12-15
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    12And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles: that where as they backbite you as euyll doers, they may by your good workes whiche they shall see, prayse God in the day of visitation.

    13Submit your selues therfore vnto al maner ordinaunce of ma for the Lordes sake: whether it be vnto the king, as hauyng the preeminence:

    14Other vnto rulers, as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punyshment of euyll doers, but for the laude of them that do well.

    15For so is the wyll of God, that with well doyng, ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men:

  • Eph 6:5-7
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    5Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters, with feare and tremblyng, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christe.

    6Not with seruice vnto the eye, as men pleasers: but as the seruautes of Christ.

    7Doyng the wyll of God fro the heart, with good wyll seruyng the Lorde, and not men:

  • 1 Pet 2:17-18
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    17Honour all men. Loue brotherly felowship. Feare God. Honour the kyng.

    18Seruauntes, obey your maisters with all feare, not only yf they be good & curteous, but also though they be frowarde.

  • Col 3:22-23
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    22Seruauntes, obey in all thynges to your bodyly maisters: not with eye seruice, as men pleasers, but in singlenesse of heart, fearyng God.

    23And whatsoeuer ye do, do it heartilie, as to the Lorde, and not vnto men:

  • Titus 2:8-10
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    8Wholsome worde, vnrebukeable, that he which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you.

    9Exhort seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their owne maisters, and to please them in all thynges, not aunsweryng agayne:

    10Neither pickers, but shewing all good faythfulnesse, that they may adourne the doctrine of God our sauiour in all thynges.

  • Rom 6:18-20
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    18Being then made free fro sinne, ye are become ye seruauntes of ryghteousnesse.

    19I speake after the maner of men, because of the infirmitie of your fleshe. As ye haue geuen your members seruauntes to vncleannesse and iniquitie, vnto iniquitie: euen so nowe geue your members seruauntes to righteousnesse, vnto holynesse.

    20For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne, ye were free from ryghteousnesse.

  • Gal 5:1
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    1Stande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free, and be not intangled agayne with ye yoke of bondage.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1Let as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke, count their maisters worthy of all honour, that the name of god and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

    2And they whiche haue beleuyng maisters, despise them not because they are brethren: but rather do seruice, forasmuch as they are beleuyng and beloued and partakers of the benefite. These thynges teache and exhort.

  • 1 Cor 7:21-23
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    21Art thou called a seruaunt? care not for it: Neuerthelesse, if thou mayest be free, vse it rather.

    22For he that is called in the Lord being a seruaunt, is the Lordes free man: Lykewyse also he that is called beyng free, is Christes seruaunt.

    23Ye are dearely bought, be not ye the seruauntes of men.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
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    19Whyle they promise them libertie, where as they them selues are ye bonde seruauntes of corruption. For of whom a man is ouercome, vnto the same is he brought in bondage.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14As obedient chyldren, not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce:

  • 1 Thess 2:5-6
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    5For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes, as ye knowe, neither cloke of couetousnes, God is recorde,

    6Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others:

  • Rom 6:15-16
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    15What then? Shall we sinne, because we are not vnder the lawe, but vnder grace? God forbyd.

    16Knowe ye not, how that to whom soeuer ye commit your selues as seruauntes to obey, his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey: whether it be of sinne vnto death, or of obedience vnto ryghteousnesse?

  • Rom 6:22
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    22But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne, and made the seruauntes of God, haue your fruite vnto holynesse, and the ende euerlastyng lyfe.

  • Jas 2:12
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    12So speake ye, and so do, as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.

  • Gal 2:4
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    4And that because of incommers, being false brethren, which came in priuily, to spye out our libertie which we haue in Christe Iesu, that they myght bryng vs into bondage.

  • Rom 14:16
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    16Let not your good be euyll spoken of.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng, that the ministerie be not blamed:

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
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    2Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde:

    3Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but that ye be an ensample to the flocke.

  • Phil 2:15
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    15That ye may be blamelesse and pure, the sonnes of God, without rebuke in the myddes of a croked and peruerse nation, among who shyne ye as lightes in the worlde,

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therefore speake they euyll of you:

  • Titus 3:3
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    3For we our selues also were some tyme foolyshe, disobedient, deceaued, seruyng diuers lustes & voluptuousnes, lyuyng in maliciousnesse and enuie, full of hate, hatyng one another.

  • 2 Cor 2:17
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    17For we are not as many are, whiche chop & chaunge with the word of God: but as of purenesse of God, in the syght of God, so speake we in Christe.

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16Not nowe as a seruaunt, but aboue a seruaunt, a brother beloued, specially to me: but howe much more vnto thee, both in the fleshe, and in the Lorde?

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie, and walke not in craftynesse, neither handle we the word of God disceitefully, but in openyng of the trueth, and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God.

  • Col 4:1
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    1Maisters, do vnto your seruauntes that which is iust & equall, knowyng that ye also haue a maister in heauen.

  • 1 Thess 2:3
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    3For our exhortation was not of deceit, neither of vncleannes, neither in guile:

  • 1 Cor 10:29
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    29Conscience I say, not thyne, but of the other. For why is my libertie, iudged of another mans conscience?

  • 1 Pet 4:2
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    2That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue, as much tyme as remayneth in ye fleshe, not after the lustes of men, but after the wyll of God.

  • Phil 1:16
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    16The one preache Christe of strife, not sincerely, supposyng to adde more affliction to my bondes:

  • 1 Pet 3:16
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    16And that with mekenesse and feare, hauyng a good conscience: that where as they backebite you as euyll doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe.

  • 1 Cor 8:9
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    9But take heede lest by any meanes this libertie of yours be an occasion of falling, to them that are weake.