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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: Dear Aixen, you wrote 'I have said here that I have no interest in any human tradition. Yet I read, 'Thanks again for taking the time to think through -- or at least talk -- about these things'. I am left with the question: 'What things?'. I had already decided a long time ago that denominations are a wrong, bad, unscriptural thing. I had felt no need to give any more thought to that." Please excuse me, I do get confused easily, and all of this really has me befuddled. The "things" were the ideas of ignoring or considering what you call "human tradition." The "things" were not human traditions themselves. Regarding the thought part: Since you had brought up the subject I had assumed that you had given it thought. I was thanking you for sharing those thoughts and taking additional thought to respond to my own comments. I am not too certain how one writes anything without taking thought. This is another assumption of mine, I'm afriad, but thought is a pretty fundamental aspect of communication. Your explanation and anecdote have, I believe, clarified your ... Sorry, I'm trying not to call them thoughts ... whatever you call them. Please consider my gratitude withdrawn for your having taken thought when no thought was intended. (Gosh that sounds weird!) I didn't mean to provoke you ... to thought or otherwise. Since the rest of your post had to do with a not uncommon tradition of rejecting other traditions in lieu of ones own (it actually goes back to Genesis 3), I am a bit at a loss as to what to say... and since it is a human tradition, you wouldn't want to talk or think about it anyway. One last thing, you concluded with the words "Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things." Although this statement in and of itself is scriptural, again I am perplexed. Why would you want me to do something that you are unwilling to do? Why would you ask the Lord to give me an understanding of all things? Do you mean that you wish Him to give me an understanding of all things except the traditions of men? In fact ... something else very puzzling ... you use the word "understand" several times in your post which, in turn, is about an unwillingness to learn, study, or take thought for something else. I have an anecdote to relate as well. I am reminded of a fellow I met in an airport. He spent quite some time trying to demonstrate the irrationality of logic. He, in fact, denied the validity of logic altogether. He argued about this at length, but -- much to his disappointment -- I was never quite able to grasp his position. I couldn't quite see how logical argument can be used to demolish the validity of logical arguments. Oh... you've got my head aching! I do not know how to discuss these things with you. How about we just forget it? What do you think? Er... I mean, how does that sound? Let's get on with the study of the Word! In Perfect Perplexity, Doc PS I'm a Reformed Baptist... we don't like denominations either... that's why we aren't one. :-) PSS I don't have an agenda except to preach -- Deo volente -- Christ, and Him crucified. |