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Originally Posted by RandyWayne
Even then "not with gold" is NOT a commandment to not wear gold! It is no different then saying to a man "encourage your children 'not with gifts' but with your words". You would not be telling this man to never giver their child a gift. Certain people absolutely refuse to see that.
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Right. I recall Robert Sabin teaching this was an idiomatic expression.
It means essentially
1Ti 2:9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control,
not only with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness--with good works.
This is apparent more from Peter
1Pe 3:1 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives--
1Pe 3:2 when they see your respectful and pure conduct.
1Pe 3:3
Do not let your adorning be external--the braiding of hair, the wearing of gold, or the putting on of clothing--
1Pe 3:4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
1Pe 3:5 For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their husbands,
1Pe 3:6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
Now if we took Peter literally then women should walk around naked. That is not what Peter is saying at all. It's what she should concentrate on more, not that she should not look nice but that what is most important is the conduct, the heart. There is no evidence any "holy woman" in the OT never wore jewelry or braided hair or wore clothing except maybe Eve before the fall
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