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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, |
Bible Question: What was the significance of braided hair for women in 1 Timothy 2:9? |
Bible Answer: There we're some women in Paul's day who were not very modest. These women lacked the character that the holy women in old times possessed. The women in old times trusted whole-heartedly in God, and was totally submissive to their husbands.(1 Peter 3:1-6) But not in Paul's day, as you can see in verses 10 and 11 of 1 Timothy. They was loud and disruptive during church services. They even dressed the way the harlots of that era would dress. Paul was not against the plaiting of the hair like we do today, what had happened was, the women would braid their hair with pieces of gold, as decoration, running all through it. They would wear expensive, tight-fitted and skimpy clothing as well. The only women, in Paul's day, who would put on this kind of show, was the harlots (prostitutes) and the women of the world. Paul not only addressed this issue in Timothy's church, He also addressed this issue in the church at Corinth. (1 Cor 11) Sad to say, alot of Christians today, (men and women) ignore these admonitions as well, applying these principles to "Paul's era", and not for us. Some of us focus a little too much on the outward adornment as well, when, what is really precious in the sight of God, is the hidden man of the heart, "ornaments" of a meek and quiet spirit. The Prince of this world is using his people to transform some of us instead of the other way around. |
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humility | ||
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