1 Peter 2:16
1 Peter · New Testament · Chapter 2
“As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.”1 Peter 2:16
What Does 1 Peter 2:16 Mean?
1 Peter 2:16 is found in the book of 1 Peter, chapter 2, verse 16 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Freedom.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Peter 2:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Galatians 5:1“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”Galatians 5:13“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.”John 8:32“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”Romans 6:1“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?”Romans 6:22“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.”James 1:25“But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”Jude 1:4“For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.”1 Corinthians 8:9“But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.”Romans 6:18“Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.”1 Corinthians 7:22“For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.”Ephesians 6:6“Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;”2 Peter 2:19“While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.”Leviticus 25:10“And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.”Acts 16:17“The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.”Psalms 119:32“I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.”James 2:12“So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.”Matthew 23:13“But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.”John 15:22“If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.”Colossians 3:24“Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”Galatians 2:4“And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:”
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