Thematic Bible: Should be adorned
Thematic Bible
Wives » Should be adorned » With good works
having a reputation for good works; and if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has assisted those in distress, and if she has devoted herself to every good work.
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but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.
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Wives » Should be adorned » Not with ornaments
Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments,
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Wives » Should be adorned » With a meek and quiet spirit
but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands;
Wives » Should be adorned » With modesty and sobriety
Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments,
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