1PET 2:16 Parallel Verse View

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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.

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

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.

?:? *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;

MOF No MOF 1PET book available

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;

DBY 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.

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

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

BB 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.)

GNV 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. )

CB 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. )

WYC 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.)

LUT 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 her the Freiheit for_the Deckel the Bosheit, rather als the Knechte God’s.)

CLV 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 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., usque to whence addit: But like servi 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).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ὡς ἐλεύθεροι

as free_‹live›

Peter is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context. These words could be: (1) the command to submit to authorities stated in 2:13. Alternate translation: “submit as free people” (2) an implied imperative verb. Alternate translation: “act as free people” or “live as free people”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὡς ἐπικάλυμμα & τῆς κακίας

as as /a/_cover-up & ˱of˲_the evil

Here, covering could refer to: (1) something to prevent people from knowing about one’s evil deeds. Alternate translation: “as a way to prevent others from seeing your evil” (2) an excuse or pretext to do evil deeds. Alternate translation: “as an excuse to do evil”

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