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
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
ἐλεύθεροιeleutheroifree (man, woman), at liberty
καὶkaiand / also
μὴmēnot
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
ἐπικάλυμμαepikalymma
ἔχοντεςechonteshave
τῆςtēsthe
κακίαςkakiasevil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness
τὴνtēnthe
ἐλευθερίανeleutherianliberty
ἀλλ’all’and, but (even), howbeit
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
θεοῦtheouGod
δοῦλοιdouloibond(-man), servant
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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