1 Peter 2:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

As free, and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse, but as the seruauntes of God.

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  • Rom 6:22 : 22 But now being freed from sinne, and made seruants vnto God, ye haue your fruit in holines, and the end, euerlasting life.
  • 1 Cor 7:22 : 22 For he that is called in the Lorde, being. a seruant, is the Lords freeman: likewise also he that is called being free, is Christes seruant.
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 For brethren, ye haue bene called vnto libertie: onely vse not your libertie as an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another.
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 Not with seruice to the eye, as men pleasers, but as the seruants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
  • Col 3:24 : 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receiue the reward of the inheritance: for ye serue the Lord Christ.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 Neither yet did we euer vse flattering wordes, as ye knowe, nor coloured couetousnes, God is recorde.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.
  • John 8:32-36 : 32 And shall know the trueth, and the trueth shall make you free. 33 They answered him, Wee be Abrahams seede, and were neuer bonde to any man: why sayest thou then, Ye shalbe made free? 34 Iesus answered them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, that whosoeuer committeth sinne, is the seruant of sinne. 35 And the seruant abideth not in the house for euer: but the Sonne abideth for euer. 36 If that Sonne therefore shal make you free, ye shalbe free in deede.
  • John 15:22 : 22 If I had not come and spoken vnto them, they shoulde not haue had sinne: but nowe haue they no cloke for their sinne.
  • Rom 6:18 : 18 Being then made free from sinne, yee are made the seruants of righteousnesse.
  • Jas 2:12 : 12 So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shal be iudged by the Lawe of libertie.
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 Promising vnto them libertie, & are themselues the seruants of corruption: for of whomsoeuer a man is ouercome, euen vnto the same is he in bondage.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certaine men crept in, which were before of olde ordeined to this condemnation: vngodly men they are which turne the grace of our God into wantonnesse, and denie God the onely Lord, and our Lord Iesus Christ.
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 Stand fast therefore in the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs free, and be not intangled againe with the yoke of bondage.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 5:13
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    13For brethren, ye haue bene called vnto libertie: onely vse not your libertie as an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another.

  • 1 Pet 2:12-15
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    78%

    12And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good woorkes which they shall see, glorifie God in the day of visitation.

    13Therefore submit your selues vnto all maner ordinance of man for the Lordes sake, whether it be vnto the King, as vnto the superiour,

    14Or vnto gouernours, as vnto them that are sent of him, for the punishment of euill doers, and for the praise of them that doe well.

    15For so is the will of God, that by well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men,

  • Eph 6:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are your masters, according to the flesh, with feare & trembling in singlenesse of your hearts as vnto Christ,

    6Not with seruice to the eye, as men pleasers, but as the seruants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

    7With good will, seruing the Lord, and not men.

  • 1 Pet 2:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17Honour all men: loue brotherly fellowship: feare God: honour the King.

    18Seruaunts, be subiect to your masters with all feare, not onely to the good and courteous, but also to the froward.

  • Col 3:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are your masters according to the flesh, in all things, not with eye seruice as men pleasers, but in singlenes of heart, fearing God.

    23And whatsoeuer ye doe, doe it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men,

  • Titus 2:8-10
    3 verses
    75%

    8And with the wholesome woorde, which can not be condemned, that hee which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauing nothing concerning you to speake euill of.

    9Let seruants be subiect to their masters, & please them in al things, not answering again,

    10Neither pickers, but that they shew al good faithfulnesse, that they may adorne the doctrine of God our Sauiour in all things.

  • Rom 6:18-20
    3 verses
    75%

    18Being then made free from sinne, yee are made the seruants of righteousnesse.

    19I speake after the maner of man, because of the infirmitie of your flesh: for as yee haue giuen your members seruants to vncleannes and to iniquitie, to commit iniquitie, so now giue your mebers seruants vnto righteousnesse in holinesse.

    20For when ye were the seruants of sinne, ye were freed from righteousnesse.

  • Gal 5:1
    75%

    1Stand fast therefore in the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs free, and be not intangled againe with the yoke of bondage.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Let as many seruaunts as are vnder the yoke, count their masters worthie of all honour, that the Name of God, and his doctrine be not euill spoken of.

    2And they which haue beleeuing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren, but rather doe seruice, because they are faithfull, and beloued, and partakers of the benefite. These things teach and exhort.

  • 1 Cor 7:21-23
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    74%

    21Art thou called being a seruant? care not for it: but if yet thou maiest be free, vse it rather.

    22For he that is called in the Lorde, being. a seruant, is the Lords freeman: likewise also he that is called being free, is Christes seruant.

    23Yee are bought with a price: be not the seruants of men.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
    74%

    19Promising vnto them libertie, & are themselues the seruants of corruption: for of whomsoeuer a man is ouercome, euen vnto the same is he in bondage.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
    73%

    14As obedient children, not fashioning your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignorance:

  • 1 Thess 2:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Neither yet did we euer vse flattering wordes, as ye knowe, nor coloured couetousnes, God is recorde.

    6Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ.

  • Rom 6:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15What then? shall we sinne, because we are not vnder the Law, but vnder grace? God forbid.

    16Knowe ye not, that to whomsoeuer yee giue your selues as seruats to obey, his seruants ye are to whom ye obey, whether it be of sinne vnto death, or of obedience vnto righteousnesse?

  • Rom 6:22
    72%

    22But now being freed from sinne, and made seruants vnto God, ye haue your fruit in holines, and the end, euerlasting life.

  • Jas 2:12
    72%

    12So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shal be iudged by the Lawe of libertie.

  • Gal 2:4
    72%

    4To wit, for the false brethren which were craftily sent in, and crept in priuily to spie out our libertie, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they might bring vs into bondage.

  • Rom 14:16
    72%

    16Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
    71%

    3We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended.

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
    2 verses
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    2Feede the flocke of God, which dependeth vpo you, caring for it not by constraint, but willingly: not for filthy lucre, but of a ready minde:

    3Not as though ye were lords ouer Gods heritage, but that yee may bee ensamples to the flocke.

  • Phil 2:15
    70%

    15That ye may be blamelesse, & pure, and the sonnes of God without rebuke in the middes of a naughtie and crooked nation, among whom yee shine as lights in the world,

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    70%

    4Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

  • Titus 3:3
    70%

    3For wee our selues also were in times past vnwise, disobedient, deceiued, seruing the lustes and diuers pleasures, liuing in maliciousnes and enuie, hatefull, and hating one another:

  • 2 Cor 2:17
    70%

    17For wee are not as many, which make marchandise of the woorde of God: but as of sinceritie, but as of God in ye sight of God speake we in Christ.

  • Phlm 1:16
    70%

    16Not now as a seruant, but aboue a seruant, euen as a brother beloued, specially to me: howe much more then vnto thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord?

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2But haue cast from vs ye clokes of shame, and walke not in craftines, neither handle we the worde of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God.

  • Col 4:1
    70%

    1Ye masters, doe vnto your seruants, that which is iust, and equall, knowing that ye also haue a master in heauen.

  • 1 Thess 2:3
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    3For our exhortation was not by deceite, nor by vncleannes, nor by guile.

  • 1 Cor 10:29
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    29And the conscience, I say, not thine, but of that other: for why should my libertie be condemned of another mans conscience?

  • 1 Pet 4:2
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    2That he hence forward should liue (as much time as remaineth in the flesh) not after the lusts of men, but after the will of God.

  • Phil 1:16
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    16The one part preacheth Christ of contention and not purely, supposing to adde more affliction to my bandes.

  • 1 Pet 3:16
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    16Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.

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