Translations
Louis Segond 1910
tant libres, sans faire de la liberté un voile qui couvre la méchanceté, mais agissant comme des serviteurs de Dieu.
KJV
As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
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