1 Peter 2

NET

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


Darby

16 as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of maliceD9249, but as God's bondmen.


Darby Bible Notes

malice - In the Greek there are articles before 'liberty' and 'malice,' thus emphasizing the contrast. 'that thing liberty as cloak of that thing malice.'


KJV

16 As free, and not usingK7262[your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.


KJV Bible Notes

using: Gr. having.