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.
Darby English Version
as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
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.
Young's Literal Translation
as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;