For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil.
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Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
As free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil.
Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
Act as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bond-servants of God.
As servants of God, behave as free people, but do not use your freedom as a means to cover up wrongdoing.
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