📖WEB · 1 Peter 2:16
What does 1 Peter 2:16 mean?
"as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God."
— 1 Peter 2:16 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.
For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.
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