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16 Act as free people, yet not using your freedom as those do who make it a cloak for wickedness, but as Servants of God.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Peter 2:16. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 58
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

ὡς ἐλεύθεροι, καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐπικάλυμμα ἔχοντες τῆς κακίας τὴν ἐλευθερίαν, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς δοῦλοι Θεοῦ.

15 word entries
ὡς
Lemma
wv
Transliteration
wv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
494
ἐλεύθεροι
Transliteration
eleuqeroi
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G1658
Occurrences
6
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
μὴ
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
ὡς
Lemma
wv
Transliteration
wv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
494
ἐπικάλυμμα
Transliteration
epikalumma
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1942
Occurrences
1
ἔχοντες
Lemma
econtev
Transliteration
econtev
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
47
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
κακίας
Lemma
kakiav
Transliteration
kakiav
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2549
Occurrences
4
τὴν
Lemma
thn
Transliteration
thn
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1565
ἐλευθερίαν
Transliteration
eleuqerian
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1657
Occurrences
5
ἀλλ᾿
Lemma
all
Transliteration
all
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G235
Occurrences
316
ὡς
Lemma
wv
Transliteration
wv
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
494
δοῦλοι
Lemma
douloi
Transliteration
douloi
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1401
Occurrences
23
Θεοῦ
Lemma
qeou
Transliteration
qeou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
707
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel

Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

ὡς ἐλεύθεροι, καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐπικάλυμμα ἔχοντες τῆς κακίας τὴν ἐλευθερίαν, ἀλλ’ ὡς θεοῦ δοῦλοι.

15 word entries
ὡς
Lemma
ὡς
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
501
ἐλεύθεροι,
Morphology
A-NPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G1658
Occurrences
23
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
μὴ
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
ὡς
Lemma
ὡς
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
501
ἐπικάλυμμα
Morphology
N-ASN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1942
Occurrences
1
ἔχοντες
Lemma
ἔχω
Morphology
V-PAP-NPM
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
706
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κακίας
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2549
Occurrences
11
τὴν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἐλευθερίαν,
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1657
Occurrences
11
ἀλλ’
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G0235
Occurrences
636
ὡς
Lemma
ὡς
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G5613
Occurrences
501
θεοῦ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
δοῦλοι.
Morphology
N-NPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1401
Occurrences
124
Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: New Testament

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܐܝܟ ܒܢܝ ܚܐܪܐ ܘܠܐ ܐܝܟ ܐܢܫܐ ܕܥܒܝܕܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܚܐܪܘܬܗܘܢ ܬܚܦܝܬܐ ܠܒܝܫܘܬܗܘܢ ܐܠܐ ܐܝܟ ܥܒܕܘܗܝ ܕܐܠܗܐ

15 word entries
ܐܝܟ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
681
ܒܢܝ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܒܢܝ
Transliteration
bnay
Morphology
noun, masculine construct plural
Gloss
sons, children of
Occurrences
101
ܚܐܪܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
h'r'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
11
ܘܠܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܘܠܐ
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
732
ܐܝܟ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
681
ܐܢܫܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'nsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
148
ܕܥܒܝܕܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
d'byd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
ܠܗܘܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
830
ܚܐܪܘܬܗܘܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
h'rwthwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
1
ܬܚܦܝܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
thpyt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
5
ܠܒܝܫܘܬܗܘܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lbyshwthwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
ܐܠܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܠܐ
Transliteration
'l'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
784
ܐܝܟ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
681
ܥܒܕܘܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'bdwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
29
ܕܐܠܗܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
d'lh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
586
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

quasi liberi, et non quasi velamen habentes malitiæ libertatem, sed sicut servi Dei.

13 word entries
quasi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quasi
Transliteration
quasi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
989
liberi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
liber
Transliteration
liberi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
252
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
quasi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quasi
Transliteration
quasi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
989
velamen
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uelamen
Transliteration
velamen
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
16
habentes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habentes
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
malitiae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
malitia
Transliteration
malitiae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
113
libertatem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
libertatem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
21
sed
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sed
Transliteration
sed
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1637
sicut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sicut
Transliteration
sicut
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1559
servi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
seruus
Transliteration
servi
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
846
Dei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Dei
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Galatians 5:13

Remember, friends, to you the call came to give you freedom. Only, do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence but serve one another in a loving spirit.

27 relevance votes

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from the control of sin, and have become servants to God, the fruit that you reap is an ever increasing holiness, and the end eternal life.

18 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 7:22

For the person who was a slave when they were called to the master’s service is the Master’s freedman; so, too, the person who was free when called is Christ’s slave.

10 relevance votes

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Set free from the control of sin, you became servants to righteousness.

10 relevance votes

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It is for freedom that Christ set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not again be held under the yoke of slavery.

9 relevance votes

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but the person who looks carefully into the perfect Law, the Law of freedom, and continues to do so, not listening to it and then forgetting it, but putting it into practice – that person will be blessed in what they do.

9 relevance votes

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not only when their eyes are on you, as if you had merely to please people, but as slaves of Christ, who are trying to carry out the will of God.

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Therefore, speak and act as people who are to be judged by the ‘Law of freedom.’

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They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to corrupt habits; for a person is the slave of anything to which they give way.

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But alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You turn the key of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you do not go in yourselves, and do not allow those who try to go in to do so.

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1 Thessalonians 2:5

Never at any time, as you know, did we use the language of flattery, or make false professions in order to hide selfish aims. God will bear witness to that.

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If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.

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