1 Peter 2:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.”
1 Peter 2:16 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Peter 2:1615 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 1 Peter 2:16
No doubt the apostle admonishes the Romans Romans 13:1 to be subject to all power, because there is no power but of God, and because (the ruler) does not carry the sword without reason, and is the servant of God, nay also, says he, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that does evil. For he had also previously spoken thus: For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil. Will you then not be afraid of the power? Do that which is good, and you shall have praise of…
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