Cross references
1 Peter 2:16
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
1 Peter 2:16 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Galatians 5:13 (30 votes) and Romans 6:22 (19 votes). 27 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Leviticus 25 to Jude 1.
Which verses does 1 Peter 2:16 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Galatians 5:1330 votes
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
- Romans 6:2219 votes
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
- Romans 6:1811 votes
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
- 1 Corinthians 7:2211 votes
For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
- Galatians 5:110 votes
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
- James 1:2510 votes
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
- Ephesians 6:69 votes
And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
- James 2:127 votes
Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
- Matthew 23:136 votes
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
- John 8:32–366 votes
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” “We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?” …
- Colossians 3:245 votes
- 2 Peter 2:195 votes
- John 15:224 votes
- 1 Thessalonians 2:54 votes
- Jude 1:43 votes
For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Which verses point to 1 Peter 2:16?
The 10 strongest of 27.