1 Peter 2:16

Legacy Standard Bible

Act as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as slaves of God.

Cross References

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

John 15:22

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

Romans 6:18

and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

Romans 6:22

But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit, leading to sanctification, and the end, eternal life.

1 Corinthians 7:22

For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who was called while free, is Christ’s slave.

Galatians 5:1

It was for freedom that Christ set us free. Therefore, stand firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:13

For you were called to freedom, brothers; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Ephesians 6:6

not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

Colossians 3:24

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never came with a flattering word, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

James 1:25

But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

James 2:12

So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of freedom.

2 Peter 2:19

promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved.

Jude 1:4

For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.