1 Timothy 2:9
Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
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;
In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing,
Note The word for “not” is the negative particle “μη” which denies an expected idea, as opposed to the usual word for “not” (ου) which denies a fact. Thus “μη” in this context is denying an expected idea (that women can be properly dressed without good works).
In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- that
- 1 Peter 3:3–5
- with shamefacedness
- Proverbs 7:10; Isaiah 3:16; Titus 2:3–5
- not
- Genesis 24:53; Exodus 35:22, 23; 2 Kings 9:30; Esther 5:1; Psalm 45:13, 14; Psalm 149:4; Proverbs 31:22; Isaiah 3:18–24; Isaiah 61:4; Jeremiah 2:32; Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 16:9–16; Matthew 6:28; Matthew 6:29; Matthew 11:8
- broidered
- or, plaited.
- 1 Peter 3:3