Verse 16
1 Peter 2:16
Bible in Basic English
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As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God (Elohim);
Original Language Text
greek
ὡς ἐλεύθεροι, καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐπικάλυμμα ἔχοντες τῆς κακίας τὴν ἐλευθερίαν, ἀλλ’ ὡς ⸂θεοῦ δοῦλοι⸃.
English Translation
As free, and not using your freedom as a cover for wickedness, but as servants of God.
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Chapter 2 Context
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So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,
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Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you ma...
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If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:
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To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God (...
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You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making th...
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Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value...
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And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone whic...
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And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go aga...
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But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God...
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In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God (Elohim); then there was no mer...
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My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strang...
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Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, the...
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Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all,
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And those of the rulers who are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of t...
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Because it is God (Elohim)'s pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your...
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16
As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the ser...
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Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God (Elohim), honouring the king.
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Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but...
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For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God (Elohim), undergoes pain...
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What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are give...
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This is God (Elohim)'s purpose for you: because Yashua (Jesus) himself underwent punishment for you,...
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Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:
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To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lip...
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He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin...
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Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch...
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