A moment in scripture
1 Peter 2:16
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As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Peter 2:14
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
- 1 Peter 2:15
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
- 1 Peter 2:17
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- 1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.