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1 Peter 2:16

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← 1 Peter 2:15	1 Peter 2:16 (KJV)	1 Peter 2:17 →
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:	As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.	Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

As free^G1658, and^G2532 not^G3361 using^G2192 your liberty^G1657 for a cloke^G1942 of maliciousness^G2549, but^G235 as the servants^G1401 of God^G2316.

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Original Greek

ὡς ἐλεύθεροι, καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐπικάλυμμα ἔχοντες τῆς κακίας τὴν ἐλευθερίαν, ἀλλ’ ὡς δοῦλοι Θεοῦ.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ὡς	hōs	G5613	ADV	As
ἐλεύθεροι,	eleutheroi	G1658	A-NPM	free
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
μὴ	mē	G3361	PRT-N	not
ὡς	hōs	G5613	ADV	for
ἐπικάλυμμα	epikalumma	G1942	N-ASN	a cloke
ἔχοντες	echontes	G2192	V-PAP-NPM	using
τῆς	tēs	G3588	T-GSF	*
κακίας	kakias	G2549	N-GSF	of maliciousness
τὴν	tēn	G3588	T-ASF	*
ἐλευθερίαν,	eleutherian	G1657	N-ASF	liberty
ἀλλ’	all’	G235	CONJ	but
ὡς	hōs	G5613	ADV	as
δοῦλοι	douloi	G1401	N-NPM	the servants
Θεοῦ.	Theou	G2316	N-GSM	of God

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G235 — ἀλλά (allá, al-lah'): but, except — neuter plural of ἄλλος; properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations):--and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
• G1401 — δοῦλος (doûlos, doo'-los): a male slave — from δέω; a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency):--bond(-man), servant.
• G1657 — ἐλευθερία (eleuthería, el-yoo-ther-ee'-ah): freedom, liberty — from ἐλεύθερος; freedom (legitimate or licentious, chiefly moral or ceremonial):--liberty.
• G1658 — ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros, el-yoo'-ther-os): free, delivered from obligation — probably from the alternate of ἔρχομαι; unrestrained (to go at pleasure), i.e. (as a citizen) not a slave (whether freeborn or manumitted), or (genitive case) exempt (from obligation or liability):--free (man, woman), at liberty.
• G1942 — ἐπικάλυμα (epikályma, ep-ee-kal'-oo-mah): a covering, cloak, pretext — from ἐπικαλύπτω; a covering, i.e. (figuratively) pretext:--cloke.
• G2192 — ἔχω (échō, ekh'-o): I have, hold, possess — a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition):--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
• G2316 — θεός (theós, theh'-os): God, a god — of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with ὁ) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:--X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
• G2532 — καί (kaí, kahee): and, even, also, namely — apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
• G2549 — κακία (kakía, kak-ee'-ah): evil, wickedness, malice — from κακός; badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble:--evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.
• G3361 — μή (mḗ, may): not, lest — a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas οὐ expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas οὐ expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also ἐὰν μή, ἵνα μή, οὐ μή, μῆκος, μηκύνω, μήν, μὴ οὐκ.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
• G5613 — ὡς (hōs, hoce): as, like as, how, while, so that — probably adverb of comparative from ὅς; which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows):--about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.

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