As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
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Gill's Exposition
Honour all men,.... To whom honour is due, according to the place, station, and circumstances in which they are, the gifts of providence and grace bestowed on them, and the usefulness they are of,…
Barnes' Notes
As free - That is, they were to consider themselves as freemen, as having a right to liberty. The Jews boasted much of their freedom, and regarded it as a birthright privilege that they were free, Joh…
Adam Clarke
As free - The Jews pretended that they were a free people, and owed allegiance to God alone; hence they were continually rebelling against the Roman government, to which God had subjected them because…
The general rule of a Christian conversation is this, it must be honest, which it cannot be if there be not a conscientious discharge of all relative duties. The apostle here particularly treats of…
Cambridge Bible
as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke The English text gives the impression that the word "free" is closely connected with the preceding verse. In the Greek, however, the adjective is in the…
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