Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Peter 2:16

"as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God." — 1 Peter 2:16 (ASV)

As free,—

For there are no others under heaven so free as God's servants are: "As free,"—

And not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

You possess a freedom which others claim, but do not know.

You feel that you are no man's slave, yet you do not use your liberty for evil, or to the injury of others.

And not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

Not talking about liberty in order to undermine order; not talking foolishly about liberty with the design of enriching yourself by robbing someone else. That is not God's will; rather, using your liberty... as the servants of God is how you should use it.