1 Peter 2:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

As free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.

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  • Rom 6:22 : 22 But now, having been freed from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.
  • 1 Cor 7:22 : 22 For he who is called in the Lord while a servant is the Lord's freedman. Likewise, he who is called while free is Christ's servant.
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
  • Col 3:24 : 24 Knowing that from the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance, for you serve the Lord Christ.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness:
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
  • John 8:32-36 : 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 They answered him, We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone: how can you say, You shall be made free? 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 And the slave does not abide in the house forever: but the Son abides forever. 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.
  • John 15:22 : 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
  • Rom 6:18 : 18 And having been set free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.
  • Jas 2:12 : 12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lewdness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 Stand firm therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and do not become entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 5:13
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    13 For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

  • 1 Pet 2:12-15
    4 verses
    78%

    12 Having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

    13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme,

    14 Or to governors, as to those who are sent by Him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.

    15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

  • Eph 6:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5 Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

    6 Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

    7 With goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

  • 1 Pet 2:17-18
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    17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

    18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.

  • Col 3:22-23
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    22 Servants, obey in all things your earthly masters, not with eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing God.

    23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men.

  • Titus 2:8-10
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    8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he who is of the opposite side may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.

    9 Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not answering back;

    10 Not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

  • Rom 6:18-20
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    75%

    18 And having been set free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.

    19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as servants of uncleanness and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as servants of righteousness for holiness.

    20 For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.

  • Gal 5:1
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    1 Stand firm therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and do not become entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke consider their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and His doctrine be not blasphemed.

    2 And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather serve them, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

  • 1 Cor 7:21-23
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    74%

    21 Were you called while a servant? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it.

    22 For he who is called in the Lord while a servant is the Lord's freedman. Likewise, he who is called while free is Christ's servant.

    23 You were bought at a price; do not become servants of men.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
    74%

    19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14 As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance;

  • 1 Thess 2:5-6
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    72%

    5 For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness:

    6 Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

  • Rom 6:15-16
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    15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Certainly not.

    16 Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as servants to obey, you are the servants of the one whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

  • Rom 6:22
    72%

    22 But now, having been freed from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.

  • Jas 2:12
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    12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.

  • Gal 2:4
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    4 And that because of false brethren stealthily brought in, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

  • Rom 14:16
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    16 Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
    71%

    3 Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry may not be blamed:

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
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    2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind;

    3 Neither as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

  • Phil 2:15
    70%

    15 That you may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4 Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  • Titus 3:3
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    3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

  • 2 Cor 2:17
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    17 For we are not like many who corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16 No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord?

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2 But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

  • Col 4:1
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    1 Masters, give to your servants that which is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

  • 1 Thess 2:3
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    3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

  • 1 Cor 10:29
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    29 Conscience, I say, not your own, but of the other: for why should my liberty be judged by another man's conscience?

  • 1 Pet 4:2
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    2 That he should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

  • Phil 1:16
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    16 The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains:

  • 1 Pet 3:16
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    16 Having a good conscience, so that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

  • 1 Cor 8:9
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    9 But take care lest this liberty of yours somehow becomes a stumbling block to those who are weak.