1 Peter 2:16
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.”
δοῦλος
Slave, servant, bondservant. Doulos. Paul a servant of Jesus Christ. The highest title Paul claimed was slave of Christ. Belonging completely to Jesus is the greatest freedom.
θεός
of God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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ἐλευθερία
freedom,
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ἐλευθερία
Freedom, liberty, release. Eleutheria. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Not freedom to sin but freedom from sin. The most profound liberty is inner liberty.
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ἐλεύθερος
free
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ἐλεύθερος
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)
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ἔχω
having
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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κακία
for evil
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κακία
badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble
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ἐπικάλυμα
a cover-up
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ἐπικάλυμα
a covering, i.e. (figuratively) pretext
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