1 Peter 2:16

As free, and not vsing your libertie for a cloake of maliciousnesse, but as the seruants of God.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

{Act} as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but {use it} as bondslaves of God.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
- American Standard Version (1901)

As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;
- Basic English Bible

Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
- Darby Bible

As free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloke of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
- English Revised Version

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for 1 Peter 2:16

2:16 As free - Yet obeying governors, for God's sake.