1PET 2:16 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT as free people and not having freedom as a covering of evil, but as servants of God.

UST Obey those who govern people as people who are free to do so voluntarily, but do not try to use your status as free people to hide evil deeds. Instead, obey as those who serve God should.

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

BLB as free, and not having the freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as servants of God.

AICNT Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.

OEB Act as free people, yet not using your freedom as those do who make it a cloak for wickedness, but as Servants of God.

WEBBE Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves.

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

FBV Yes, you are free people! So don't use your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but live as God's servants.

TCNT Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as an excuse to do evil; live as servants of God.

T4T Conduct your lives as though you were free from having to obey authorities, but do not think “Because I am free from having to obey authorities, I can do evil things.” Instead, act as servants of God should.

LEB Live as free persons, and not using your[fn] freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves of God.

2:16 *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

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

Moff No Moff 1PET book available

Wymth Be free men, and yet do not make your freedom an excuse for base conduct, but be God's bondservants.

ASV as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

DRA As free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.

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

Drby as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as [fn]God's bondmen.

2.16 Elohim

RV as free, and not using your freedom for a cloke of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

Wbstr As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

KJB-1769 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

KJB-1611 [fn]As free, and not vsing your libertie for a cloake of maliciousnesse, but as the seruants of God.
(As free, and not using your liberty for a cloake of maliciousnesse, but as the servants of God.)

2:16 Gr. hauing

Bshps As free, and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes, but euen as the seruauntes of God.
(As free, and not as having the liberty for a cloke of maliciousnes, but even as the servants of God.)

Gnva As free, and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse, but as the seruauntes of God.
(As free, and not as having the liberty for a cloke of maliciousnesse, but as the servants of God. )

Cvdl as fre, and not as hauynge the libertye for a cloke of wickednes, but eue as the seruauntes of God.
(as fre, and not as having the libertye for a cloke of wickednes, but eue as the servants of God.)

TNT as fre and not as havinge the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but even as the servautes of god.
(as free and not as having the liberty for a cloke of maliciousnes but even as the servantes of god. )

Wycl As fre men, and not as hauynge fredom the keuering of malice, but as the seruauntis of God.
(As free men, and not as having fredom the keuering of malice, but as the servants of God.)

Luth als die Freien, und nicht als hättet ihr die Freiheit zum Deckel der Bosheit, sondern als die Knechte Gottes.
(als the Freien, and not als hättet you/their/her the Freiheit for_the Deckel the/of_the Bosheit, rather als the servant(s) God’s.)

ClVg quasi liberi, et non quasi velamen habentes malitiæ libertatem, sed sicut servi Dei.[fn]
(quasi liberi, and not/no as_if velamen habentes malitiæ libertatem, but like servi of_God. )

2.16 Non quasi velamen. BEDA. Non habentes libertatem vestram in velamen malitiæ, etc., usque ad unde addit: Sed sicut servi Dei.

2.16 Non as_if velamen. BEDA. Non habentes libertatem vestram in velamen malitiæ, etc., until to whence addit: But like servi of_God.

UGNT ὡς ἐλεύθεροι, καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐπικάλυμμα ἔχοντες τῆς κακίας τὴν ἐλευθερίαν, ἀλλ’ ὡς Θεοῦ δοῦλοι.
(hōs eleutheroi, kai maʸ hōs epikalumma eⱪontes taʸs kakias taʸn eleutherian, all’ hōs Theou douloi.)

SBL-GNT ὡς ἐλεύθεροι, καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐπικάλυμμα ἔχοντες τῆς κακίας τὴν ἐλευθερίαν, ἀλλʼ ὡς ⸂θεοῦ δοῦλοι⸃.
(hōs eleutheroi, kai maʸ hōs epikalumma eⱪontes taʸs kakias taʸn eleutherian, allʼ hōs ⸂theou douloi⸃.)

TC-GNT ὡς ἐλεύθεροι, καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐπικάλυμμα ἔχοντες τῆς κακίας τὴν ἐλευθερίαν, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς [fn]δοῦλοι Θεοῦ.
(hōs eleutheroi, kai maʸ hōs epikalumma eⱪontes taʸs kakias taʸn eleutherian, all hōs douloi Theou. )

2:16 δουλοι θεου ¦ θεου δουλοι CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

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