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Women’s Appearance And Behavior Should Be Fitting For Ones Professing Godliness

Similarly also, I urge that women be adorning themselves in well-ordered[a] apparel with modesty and sound-mindedness[b]— not in braided hair and gold or pearls or very-expensive clothing, 10 but through[c] good works, which is fitting for women professing godliness[d]. 11 Let a woman be learning in quietness with all submission.

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  1. 1 Timothy 2:9 Or, respectable, modest, appropriate.
  2. 1 Timothy 2:9 Or, good-sense, moderation, discretion.
  3. 1 Timothy 2:10 Or, by way of.
  4. 1 Timothy 2:10 Or, piety, reverence.

I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,(A) 10 but with good deeds,(B) appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

11 A woman[a] should learn in quietness and full submission.(C)

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  1. 1 Timothy 2:11 Or wife; also in verse 12