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NASB | 1 Timothy 2:9 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 2:9 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves modestly and appropriately and discreetly in proper clothing, not with [elaborately] braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothes, |
Subject: Rowdy, Rowdy, are you sure? |
Bible Note: I agree, Brother Kalos. Those are the rules of thumb that I follow, and are well defined in our tradition. Faced with others who do not apply those principles when deriving doctrine, I was curious to know what rules they do apply. Based on the answers I am getting back, it appears that either they do not have any rules, they are unable to articulate them, or they simply do not know how their doctrines were derived. I was not asking as a point of contention, but more out of curiosity. I think this might be a good time to post some of the principles of proper textual interpretation. The funny thing about those rules, is that they are not unique to Biblical hermeneutics. They are used every day in our legal system for the interpretation of any given document. Of course, the lawyers -- having once received a seminary degree in the early days of our country -- may well have borrowed these techniques. Sorry... too many rabbit trails here! |