Modest Apparel

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price, — read the full passage →

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

but--the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

`The habiliments of a man are not on a woman, nor doth a man put on the garment of a woman, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> any one doing these.

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

`And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

but--which becometh women professing godly piety--through good works.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

A ring of gold in the nose of a sow--A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.

`Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving <FI>with<Fi> the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling, — read the full passage →

She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms. — read the full passage →

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

And, lo, a woman to meet him--(A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

Right <FI>it is<Fi> not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to <FI>do anything<Fi> in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

And Jehovah God doth make to the man and to his wife coats of skin, and doth clothe them.

and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they <FI>are<Fi> naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.

She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.

from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments, — read the full passage →

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning; — read the full passage →

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.

and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

Israel hath been saved in Jehovah, A salvation age-during! Ye are not ashamed nor confounded Unto the ages of eternity!

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

and those that we think to be less honourable of the body, around these we put more abundant honour, and our unseemly things have seemliness more abundant,

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

`Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought--for desires.

And he said unto the disciples, `It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe <FI>to him<Fi> through whom they come;

Linen bonnets are on their head, and linen trousers are on their loins, they are not restrained with sweat.

And they know that Thou--(Thy name <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah--by Thyself,) <FI>Art<Fi> the Most High over all the earth!

because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery; — read the full passage →

Call doth the king mightily, to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. Answered hath the king, and said to the wise men of Babylon, that, `Any man who doth read this writing, and its interpretation doth shew me, purple he putteth on, and a bracelet of gold <FI>is<Fi> on his neck, and third in the kingdom he doth rule.'

And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;

And Elijah taketh his robe, and wrappeth <FI>it<Fi> together, and smiteth the waters, and they are halved, hither and thither, and they pass over both of them on dry land.

`Thou dost not put on a mixed cloth, wool and linen together.

and the mitre of linen, and the beautiful bonnets of linen, and the linen trousers, of twined linen,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus,

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

and on a set day, Herod having arrayed himself in kingly apparel, and having sat down upon the tribunal, was making an oration unto them,

`And--a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff--for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin; — read the full passage →

Then these men have been bound in their coats, their tunics, and their turbans, and their clothing, and have been cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

`Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving <FI>with<Fi> the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling,

And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished,

And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he <FI>is<Fi> a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat;