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1 Tim. 2:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with ηbroided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

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or, plaited,

1 Peter 3:3• ³Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; (1 Peter 3:3)

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1 Peter 3:3‑5• ³Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
⁴But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
⁵For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: (1 Peter 3:3‑5)

with shamefacedness.

Prov. 7:10• ¹⁰And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtile of heart. (Prov. 7:10)

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Isa. 3:16• ¹⁶Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: (Isa. 3:16)

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Titus 2:3‑5• ³The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
⁴That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
⁵To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. (Titus 2:3‑5)

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Gen. 24:53• ⁵³And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. (Gen. 24:53)

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Ex. 35:22‑23• ²²And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.
²³And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. (Ex. 35:22‑23)

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2 Kings 9:30• ³⁰And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. (2 Kings 9:30)

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Esther 5:1• ¹Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. (Esther 5:1)

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Psa. 45:13‑14• ¹³The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
¹⁴She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. (Psa. 45:13‑14)

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Psa. 149:4• ⁴For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. (Psa. 149:4)

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Prov. 31:22• ²²She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. (Prov. 31:22)

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Isa. 3:18‑24• ¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
¹⁹The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
²⁰The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
²¹The rings, and nose jewels,
²²The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
²³The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
²⁴And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. (Isa. 3:18‑24)

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Isa. 61:4• ⁴And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. (Isa. 61:4)

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Jer. 2:32• ³²Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. (Jer. 2:32)

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Jer. 4:30• ³⁰And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. (Jer. 4:30)

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Ezek. 16:9‑16• ⁹Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
¹⁰I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
¹¹I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
¹²And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
¹³Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
¹⁴And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.
¹⁵But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
¹⁶And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colors, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. (Ezek. 16:9‑16)

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Matt. 6:28• ²⁸And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: (Matt. 6:28)

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Matt. 6:29• ²⁹And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (Matt. 6:29)

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Matt. 11:8• ⁸But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. (Matt. 11:8)

broidered.

or, plaited.

1 Peter 3:3• ³Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; (1 Peter 3:3)

• "In seemly deportment," which includes not dress only but bearing. And hence it is added, "with modesty and sobriety," that shamefastness which shrinks from the least semblance of impropriety, that self-restraint where all inwardly is ruled. (“On 1 Timothy 2:8-10” by W. Kelly)

• They are to beware of using the hair that God has given as the woman's glory for an expression of the natural vanity of the human heart. (“The Order of God's House: 1 Timothy 2-3” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In like manner also that the women in decent deportment and dressb adorn themselves with modesty and discretionc, not with plaited hair and gold, or pearls, or costly clothing,

JND Translation Notes

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b

The whole deportment; the way in which the woman presents herself, of which dress is a sign.

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i.e. "sobriety" or with "sound mind"; so ver. 15, as Rom. 12.3; 2 Tim. 1.7.

W. Kelly Translation

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in like manner also thata women in seemly deportmentb adorn themselves with modesty and sobriety, not with braids and gold or pearls or costly apparel,

WK Translation Notes

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a

All the best MSS. discard the article, and rightly, for "the" women as a class have no such title predicated of them, but they (persons of that sex) are called on individually to please the Lord by heeding his servant’s word.

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It is rather "deportment" than "dress," which follows in verse 10.