1 TIMOTHY 2:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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;”
also that the women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire — the critique of ostentatious hairstyles and jewelry reflects not mere aesthetics but the socioeconomic imbalance such adornment signified in antiquity. Kosmiōs (respectable) and sophrosynē (modesty/self-control) establish proper deportment.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 2:9
“When you pray,” says Christ, “you shall not be as the hypocrites are; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But you, when you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father, which is in secret; and your Father, which sees in secret, shall reward you openly.” Matthew 6:5-6 What then says Paul? “I will therefore that…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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