1st Peter 2:16
As free men, and not as having freedom the covering of malice, but as the servants of God.This verse in the real world
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- ἐπικάλυμαepikálymaa covering, i.e. (figuratively) pretext
- ἐλευθερίαeleutheríafreedom (legitimate or licentious, chiefly moral or ceremonial)
- κακίαkakíabadness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble
- ἐλεύθεροςeleútherosunrestrained (to go at pleasure), i.e. (as a citizen) not a slave (whether freeborn or man
- δοῦλοςdoûlosa slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a quali
- ὡςhōswhich how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
- μήmḗ(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (wh
- ἀλλάalláproperly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.