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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 one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel; (1 Peter 3:3)

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1 Peter 3:3‑5• ³whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;
⁴but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.
⁵For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands; (1 Peter 3:3‑5)

with shamefacedness.

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

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Isa. 3:16• ¹⁶And Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, and go along mincing, and making a tinkling with their feet; (Isa. 3:16)

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Titus 2:3‑5• ³that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right;
⁴that they may admonish the young women to be attached to their husbands, to be attached to their children,
⁵discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of. (Titus 2:3‑5)

not.

Gen. 24:53• ⁵³And the servant brought forth silver articles, and gold articles, and clothing, and he gave them to Rebecca; and he gave 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; every one who was of willing heart brought nose-rings, and earrings, and rings, and bracelets, all kinds of utensils of gold: every man that waved a wave-offering of gold to Jehovah.
²³And every man with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, brought them. (Ex. 35:22‑23)

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2 Kings 9:30• ³⁰And Jehu came to Jizreel; and Jezebel heard of it, and she put paint to her eyes, and decked her head, and looked out at the window. (2 Kings 9:30)

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Esther 5:1• ¹And it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on 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 entrance to the house. (Esther 5:1)

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Psa. 45:13‑14• ¹³All glorious is the king's daughter within; her clothing is of wrought gold:
¹⁴She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of embroidery; the virgins behind her, her companions, shall be brought in unto thee: (Psa. 45:13‑14)

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Psa. 149:4• ⁴For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people; he beautifieth the meek with salvation. (Psa. 149:4)

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Prov. 31:22• ²²She maketh herself coverlets; her clothing is byssus and purple. (Prov. 31:22)

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Isa. 3:18‑24• ¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,
¹⁹the pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils,
²⁰the head-dresses, and the stepping chains, and the girdles, and the scent-boxes, and the amulets;
²¹the finger-rings, and the nose-rings;
²²the festival-robes, and the tunics, and the mantles, and the wallets;
²³the mirrors, and the fine linen bodices, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.
²⁴And it shall come to pass, instead of perfume there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe of display, a girding of sackcloth; brand 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 places desolate from generation to generation. (Isa. 61:4)

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Jer. 2:32• ³²Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me days without number. (Jer. 2:32)

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Jer. 4:30• ³⁰--And thou, wasted one, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rendest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair: thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life. (Jer. 4:30)

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Ezek. 16:9‑16• ⁹And I washed thee with water, and thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil;
¹⁰and I clothed thee with embroidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I bound thee about with byssus, and covered thee with silk.
¹¹And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck;
¹²and I put a ring on thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.
¹³Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver, and thy raiment was byssus, and silk, and embroidered work. Thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou becamest exceedingly beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
¹⁴And thy fame went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect through my magnificence, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.
¹⁵But thou didst confide in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by: his it was.
¹⁶And of thy garments thou didst take, and madest for thyself high places decked with divers colours, and didst play the harlot thereupon: the like hath not come to pass, and shall be no more. (Ezek. 16:9‑16)

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Matt. 6:28• ²⁸And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention 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• ²⁹but I say unto you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these. (Matt. 6:29)

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Matt. 11:8• ⁸But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in delicate raiment? behold, those who wear delicate things are in the houses of kings. (Matt. 11:8)

broidered.

or, plaited.

1 Peter 3:3• ³whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on 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.

b

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