Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
World English Bible (WEB)
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
Strong's King James
As{G5613} free{G1658}, and{G2532} not{G3361} using{G2192}{(G5723)} your liberty{G1657} for{G5613} a cloke{G1942} of maliciousness{G2549}, but{G235} as{G5613} the servants{G1401} of God{G2316}.
The F.O.G *
(16) As free men, don't use your freedom as a covering of evil malice but rather as love slaves of אֱלֹהִים Elohim.
The F.O.G Message *
Young's Literal Translation
as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;
