Verse Comparison: 1 Peter 2:16
American Standard Version
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
Amplified® Bible
[Live] as free people, [yet] without employing your freedom as a pretext for wickedness; but [live at all times] as servants of God.
Contemporary English Version
You are free, but still you are God's servants, and you must not use your freedom as an excuse for doing wrong.
Darby English Version
as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
Good News Bible
Live as free people; do not, however, use your freedom to cover up any evil, but live as God's slaves.
International Standard Version
Live like free people, and do not use your freedom as an excuse for doing evil. Instead, be God's servants.
King James Version
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
New American Standard Bible
{Act} as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but {use it} as bondslaves of God.
New International Version
Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
New King James Version
as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.
Young's Literal Translation
as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;
