NIV: Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God's slaves.
NAS: Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.
KJV: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
GWT: Live as free people, but don't hide behind your freedom when you do evil. Instead, use your freedom to serve God.
ASV: as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
BBE: As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;
DBY: as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
DRB: As free, and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.
WBS: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
WEB: as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
YLT: as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;
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