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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: im pentecostal woman,havent been for a long time. i wear locked hair and im wondering if it is inappropriate.i dont understand what the bible means by braided hair,are we or are we not to wear our hair braided? and does the same apply to matted hair? |
Bible Answer: 1 Timothy 2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; As already mentioned. Think of it in the 1st century AD. They that looked this way stood out way beyond the norm. They would appear more like the wicked women of the Greecian temples and the Rich women who spent their time in sensual pursuits. Today it would be like saying.. Don't cut off have your hair and paint the other half green and pierce your tongue with jewlry becuase you will not appear as one that is full of charity and good works but more like someone who is committed to a more wicked lifestyle. I think your pastor following the same spirit of Paul could say, young women, don't follow the fashion of the day and see how low you can wear your jeans before you expose yourself, and go about showing your stomach for the whole world to gaze at. This is not becoming a woman who's heart is set on Glorifying Christ and leading others to the salvation of the Lord. The pastor might not be popular for saying it and will definitely hear the accusation of legalism, but holiness is not something that has to do with the exact clothing or hair style but what it suggests as it relates to the message we are projecting. Dressing in ways that makes most godly men have to pretend they don't see you is probably in the realm of dressing immodest. When even the world and sinners wreck their cars to stare at you, you might be dressing immodestly. If the lost whisper behind your back, you might be dressing immodest.. (sounding like a Jeff Farley list) The New Testament does not introduce legal laws and rules that have no meaning, the spirit of the commandment is what we follow, the Spirit of the Lord in our heart tells us that Paul is speaking of not being immodest. |