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I also ask that the women should dress themselves modestly and decently in suitable clothing. They should be adorned not with braided hair or with gold or pearls or expensive clothes,[a] 10 but with good works, as is fitting for women who profess their reverence for God.

11 Women are to learn in silence with complete submission.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 2:9 This verse does not place a total ban on wearing jewelry or expensive clothes or braiding one’s hair. These things are singled out here because in the society of Paul’s day they were signs of unconscionable extravagance and self-importance.

I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,(A) 10 but with good deeds,(B) appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

11 A woman[a] should learn in quietness and full submission.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 2:11 Or wife; also in verse 12