Bǐdéqiánshū 2:16

16 Nǐmen suī shì zìyóu de , què bùkĕ jiè zhe zìyóu zhēgaì èdú ( huò zuò yīn dú ) , zǒng yào zuò shén de púrén .

Bǐdéqiánshū 2:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Peter 2:16

As free
These converted Jews might value themselves on their freedom, partly as the descendants of Abraham, and so freeborn, and not to be brought into bondage to other people; and chiefly because of their liberty which they had in and by Christ Jews. The apostle allows that they were freemen, that they were Christ's freemen, were free from sin, its damning and domineering power, and from the curses and condemnation of the law, and had freedom of access to God, and a right to all the privileges and immunities of the house of God; but then they were not free to sin, and to live in the contempt of the laws of God and men, to despise government, speak evil of dignities, and break in upon the rules of civil society:

and not using your liberty as a cloak of maliciousness;
under a pretence of Christian liberty, to hurt the persons, properties, and estates of men, without looking upon themselves accountable for their conduct to their superiors: some think the apostle alludes to the ancient custom of servants, who, when they were made free, walked with a cap, or covering on their heads, in token of it: it follows,

[but] as the servants of God;
for they that are free are the servants of God and Christ, and show themselves to be so by submitting to and obeying those that are under them, and ordained by them; and which is no ways inconsistent with, and contrary to their Christian liberty, which never was designed to thwart and subvert the principles of natural religion, laws of a moral nature, or the rules of civil government; some instances of which are next mentioned.

Bǐdéqiánshū 2:16 In-Context

14 Huò shì jūnwáng suǒ paì fá è shǎng shàn de chénzǎi .

15 Yīnwei shén de zhǐyì yuán shì yào nǐmen xíng shàn , kĕyǐ dǔ zhù nà hú tú wúzhī rén de kǒu .

16 Nǐmen suī shì zìyóu de , què bùkĕ jiè zhe zìyóu zhēgaì èdú ( huò zuò yīn dú ) , zǒng yào zuò shén de púrén .

17 Wù yào zūnjìng zhòngrén . qīnaì jiào zhōng de dìxiōng . jìngwèi shén . zūnjìng jūnwáng .

18 Nǐmen zuò púrén de , fán shì yào cún jìngwèi de xīn shùnfú zhǔrén . búdàn shùnfú nà shànliáng wēnhé de , jiù shì nà guāi pì de yĕ yào shùnfú .