Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;(1 Peter 2:13)

Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.(1 Peter 2:14)

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:(1 Peter 2:15)

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

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.(1 Peter 2:17)

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.(1 Peter 2:18)

For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.(1 Peter 2:19)

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1 Peter 2:16 - Cross Reference

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. (Matthew 23:13)

For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. (Jude 1:4)

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. (Romans 6:18)

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; (Ephesians 6:6)

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32)

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (Galatians 5:1)

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin. (John 15:22)

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. (James 2:12)

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. (Colossians 3:24)

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. (2 Peter 2:19)

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: (1 Thessalonians 2:5)

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. (James 1:25)

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. (Romans 6:22)

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. (Galatians 5:13)

For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. (1 Corinthians 7:22)