1 Peter 2:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 6:22 : 22 And now, having been freed from the sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit -- to sanctification, and the end life age-during;
  • 1 Cor 7:22 : 22 for he who `is' in the Lord -- having been called a servant -- is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 and he who did look into the perfect law -- that of liberty, and did continue there, this one -- not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work -- this one shall be happy in his doing.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,
  • Col 3:24 : 24 having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance -- for the Lord Christ ye serve;
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God `is' witness!)
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 `Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.
  • John 8:32-36 : 32 and the truth shall make you free.' 33 They answered him, `Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say -- Ye shall become free?' 34 Jesus answered them, `Verily, verily, I say to you -- Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin, 35 and the servant doth not remain in the house -- to the age, the son doth remain -- to the age; 36 if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.
  • John 15:22 : 22 if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not for their sin.
  • Rom 6:18 : 18 and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.
  • Jas 2:12 : 12 so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged,
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 for there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord -- Jesus Christ -- denying,
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

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  • Gal 5:13
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    13 For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

  • 1 Pet 2:12-15
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    12 having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

    13 Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,

    14 whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;

    15 because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;

  • Eph 6:5-7
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    5 The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

    6 not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

    7 with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

  • 1 Pet 2:17-18
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    17 to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

    18 The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;

  • Col 3:22-23
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    22 The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

    23 and all, whatever ye may do -- out of soul work -- as to the Lord, and not to men,

  • Titus 2:8-10
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    8 discourse sound, irreprehensible, that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.

    9 Servants -- to their own masters `are' to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,

    10 not purloining, but showing all good stedfastness, that the teaching of God our Saviour they may adorn in all things.

  • Rom 6:18-20
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    18 and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.

    19 In the manner of men I speak, because of the weakness of your flesh, for even as ye did present your members servants to the uncleanness and to the lawlessness -- to the lawlessness, so now present your members servants to the righteousness -- to sanctification,

    20 for when ye were servants of the sin, ye were free from the righteousness,

  • Gal 5:1
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    1 In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1 As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;

    2 and those having believing masters, let them not slight `them', because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;

  • 1 Cor 7:21-23
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    21 a servant -- wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free -- use `it' rather;

    22 for he who `is' in the Lord -- having been called a servant -- is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:

    23 with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;

  • 2 Pet 2:19
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    19 liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14 as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

  • 1 Thess 2:5-6
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    5 for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God `is' witness!)

    6 nor seeking of men glory, neither from you nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as Christ's apostles.

  • Rom 6:15-16
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    15 What then? shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? let it not be!

    16 have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

  • Rom 6:22
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    22 And now, having been freed from the sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit -- to sanctification, and the end life age-during;

  • Jas 2:12
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    12 so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged,

  • Gal 2:4
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    4 and `that' because of the false brethren brought in unawares, who did come in privily to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that us they might bring under bondage,

  • Rom 14:16
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    16 Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3 in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed,

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
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    2 feed the flock of God that `is' among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,

    3 neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,

  • Phil 2:15
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    15 that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4 in which they think it strange -- your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

  • Titus 3:3
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    3 for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;

  • 2 Cor 2:17
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    17 for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity -- but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16 no more as a servant, but above a servant -- a brother beloved, especially to me, and how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord!

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2 but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

  • Col 4:1
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    1 The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens.

  • 1 Thess 2:3
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    3 for our exhortation `is' not out of deceit, nor out of uncleanness, nor in guile,

  • 1 Cor 10:29
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    29 and conscience, I say, not of thyself, but of the other, for why `is it' that my liberty is judged by another's conscience?

  • 1 Pet 4:2
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    2 no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;

  • Phil 1:16
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    16 the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds,

  • 1 Pet 3:16
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    16 having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

  • 1 Cor 8:9
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    9 but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,