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American Standard Version for 1 Peter 2:16
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as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
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The Bible in Basic English for 1 Peter 2:16
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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;
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Common English Bible for 1 Peter 2:16
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Do this as God's slaves, and yet also as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha for 1 Peter 2:16
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Do this as God's slaves, and yet also as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil.
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The Complete Jewish Bible for 1 Peter 2:16
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Submit as people who are free, but not letting your freedom serve as an excuse for evil; rather, submit as God's slaves.
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Holman Christian Standard Bible for 1 Peter 2:16
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As God's slaves, [live] as free people, but don't use your freedom as a way to conceal evil.
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The Darby Translation for 1 Peter 2:16
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as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
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English Standard Version for 1 Peter 2:16
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Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
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Good News Translation for 1 Peter 2:16
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Live as free people; do not, however, use your freedom to cover up any evil, but live as God's slaves.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha for 1 Peter 2:16
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Live as free people; do not, however, use your freedom to cover up any evil, but live as God's slaves.
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GOD'S WORD Translation for 1 Peter 2:16
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Live as free people, but don't hide behind your freedom when you do evil. Instead, use your freedom to serve God.
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Hebrew Names Version for 1 Peter 2:16
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as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
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Jubilee Bible 2000 for 1 Peter 2:16
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as being free, yet not using
your
liberty to cover maliciousness, but as slaves of God.
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King James Version for 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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King James Version w/ Apocrypha for 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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Lexham English Bible for 1 Peter 2:16
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[Live] as free [persons], and not using your freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves of God.
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The Message Bible for 1 Peter 2:16
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Exercise your freedom by serving God, not by breaking the rules.
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New American Standard Bible for 1 Peter 2:16
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Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.
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New Century Version for 1 Peter 2:16
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Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as an excuse to do evil. Live as servants of God.
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New International Reader's Version for 1 Peter 2:16
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Live like free people. But don't use your freedom to cover up evil. Live like people who serve God.
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New International Version for 1 Peter 2:16
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Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
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New King James Version for 1 Peter 2:16
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as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
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New Living Translation for 1 Peter 2:16
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For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil.
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New Revised Standard for 1 Peter 2:16
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As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha for 1 Peter 2:16
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As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible for 1 Peter 2:16
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As free and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.
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Revised Standard Version for 1 Peter 2:16
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Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a pretext for evil; but live as servants of God.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha for 1 Peter 2:16
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Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a pretext for evil; but live as servants of God.
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SBL Greek New Testament for 1 Peter 2:16
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ὡς ἐλεύθεροι, καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐπικάλυμμα ἔχοντες τῆς κακίας τὴν ἐλευθερίαν, ἀλλ’ ὡς θεοῦ δοῦλοι.
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Third Millennium Bible for 1 Peter 2:16
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as free, and not using your liberty as a cloak for maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha for 1 Peter 2:16
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as free, and not using your liberty as a cloak for maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
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Tyndale for 1 Peter 2:16
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as fre and not as havinge ye libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but even as the servautes of god.
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The Latin Vulgate for 1 Peter 2:16
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quasi liberi et non quasi velamen habentes malitiae libertatem sed sicut servi Dei
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha for 1 Peter 2:16
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quasi liberi et non quasi velamen habentes malitiae libertatem sed sicut servi Dei
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The Webster Bible for 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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World English Bible for 1 Peter 2:16
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as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
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Weymouth New Testament for 1 Peter 2:16
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Be free men, and yet do not make your freedom an excuse for base conduct, but be God's bondservants.
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Wycliffe for 1 Peter 2:16
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As free men, and not as having freedom the covering of malice, but as the servants of God.
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Young's Literal Translation for 1 Peter 2:16
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as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;
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