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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: Sir, I have made every effort to be humble, without being obsequious. I have maintained my probity. On demand I have offered answer, example, opinion, and speculation as appropriate. Christ directed us to turn the other cheek. In our environment we cannot strike with the hands, since we are in a world of nothing but words. So, if there is striking, it is done with words. I am not a great or important person. Far from it. I can forgive any word said against me, because if you knew me like my Savior knows me, you would find many more valid, more egregious, more hurtful things to say! Brother Ed, in your tradition the Holy Spirit plays a supremely significant role. I do not mean any disrespect here at all. What is the Spirit communicating with you about all of this? I do not know how you were wounded by someone who embraced the Reformed perspective. I do not know if you are simply wrestling with some inescapable conclusions or convictions. I wish I did know the root of the problem. I wish that I could fix it all for you. I wish I could bring healing to you. Sadly, I cannot. All I can do is offer you my compassion and friendship. Sir, if it makes you feel better, I humbly apologize for anything I may have misstated, misrepresented, or inaccurately reported (Matthew 5:41). I retract any statement that I have made with which my Lord would not have approved (1 Cor 2:11). I hold nothing to your account and I gratefully accept your generous offer of forgiveness. I do not see any benefit by further participation in this dialog, therefore I humbly withdraw. In Him, Doc |