1 Peter 2:16

A Call To Good Works

¹⁵ For it is God's will that by doing right you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. ¹⁶ Live like free people, and do not use your freedom as an excuse for doing evil. Instead, be God's servants. ¹⁷ Honor everyone. Keep on loving the community of believers, fearing God, and honoring the king.

Servants of God

Slaves of God

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been freed from sin and have become God's slaves, the benefit you reap is sanctification, and the result is eternal life.

1 Corinthians 7:22

For the slave who has been called to belong to the Lord is the Lord's free person. In the same way, the free person who has been called is the Messiah's slave.

James 1:25

But the one who looks at the perfect law of freedom and remains committed to it thereby demonstrating that he is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of what that law requires will be blessed in what he does.

Matthew 23:13

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door to the kingdom from heaven in people's faces. You don't go in yourselves, and you don't allow those who are trying to enter to go in.

John 8:32-36

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

John 15:22

"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have any sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.

Romans 6:18

And since you have been freed from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.

Galatians 5:1

The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again.

Galatians 5:13

For you, brothers, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity to gratify your flesh, but through love make it your habit to serve one another.

Ephesians 6:6

Do not do this only while you're being watched in order to please them, but be like slaves of the Messiah, who are determined to obey God's will.

Colossians 3:24

You know that it is from the Lord that you will receive the inheritance as a reward. It is the Lord Messiah whom you are serving!

1 Thessalonians 2:5

As you know, we did not come with flattering words or with a scheme to make money. God is our witness!

James 2:12

You must make it your habit to speak and act like people who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.

2 Peter 2:19

Promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves to depravity, for a person is a slave to whatever conquers him.

Jude 1:4

For some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. They were written about long ago as being deserving of this condemnation because they are ungodly. They turn the grace of our God into uncontrollable lust and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.