1 Timothy 2:9

In the same way, I want women to dress in a fitting way, with modesty and good sense, and not to make braided hair, gold, pearls or costly clothes their adornment,
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  1. The Key Teachings of Julia A. J. Foote · Ochorus Originals

    Love Not the World cites 1 TIMOTHY 2:9–10

    …pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. 1 TIMOTHY 2:9–10 It would be easy to mock this, or to turn it into a new legalism. Her point was that the…

  2. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

    We can please God in no state or employment of life, but by intending and devoting it all to His honour and glory cites 1 Tim. ii. 9

    …to have their heads covered, and to adorn themselves with shamefacedness: [1 Cor. xi. 13; 1 Tim. ii. 9] if, therefore, they are vain in those things which are expressly forbidden, if they…

  3. A Brand Plucked from the Fire · Julia A. J. Foote

    Love not the World cites 1 Tim. ii. 9

    …or costly array, but which becometh a woman professing godliness, with good works." 1 Tim. ii. 9, 10; 1 Pet. iii. 3-5. I might quote many passages to the same effect, if I had time or…

  4. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites 1 Tim. 2:9

    …all fear.” 1 Pet. 3:2, “While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.” 1 Tim. 2:9, “That women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety.” In…

  5. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    On Dress cites 1 Tim. 2:9

    …and the parallel one of St. Paul, are as express as possible. St. Paul’s words are, (1 Tim. 2:9, 10, ) “I will that women adorn themselves in modest apparel; not — with gold, or pearls…

  6. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Difficulties Concerning Guidance cites 1 Tim. 2:9 - 10

    …beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious .” and 1 Tim. 2:9 - 10 “ likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty…

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