1 Timothy 2:9-10 The context requires that we understand these directions as to women, in relation to their deportment in public worship,

though the rules will hold good on other occasions also. in modest apparel in seemly guise [Ellicott]. The adjecti e means properly. orderly, decorous, !ecoming" the noun in secular writings means conduct, bearing. #ut here apparel. $omen are apt to lo e %ine dress" and at Ephesus the riches o% some &'Ti()*'+, would lead them to dress luxuriously. The Greek in Tit(-*. is a more general term meaning deportment. shamefacedness Trench spells this word according to its true deri ation, shame%astness &that which is made %ast !y an honora!le shame," as stead%astness &compare 'Ti(-*'', 'Ti(-*'-,. sobriety sel%/restraint [0l%ord]. 1a!itual inner sel%/go ernment [Trench]. 2 pre%er Ellicott3s translation, so!er/mindedness* the well/!alanced state o% mind arising %rom ha!itual sel%/restraint. with Greek, in. braided hair literally, plaits, that is, plaited hair* pro!a!ly with the gold and pearls intertwined &'4e(.*.,. 5uch gaud is characteristic o% the spiritual harlot &6e ('+*7,.

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1Ti_2:9, 1Ti_2:10.The attire and deportment of women in the Christian assemblies. The apostle continues his directions in relation to pu!lic prayer. 89i:ewise,8 he says, in e%%ect, 8let women when they pray !e modestly adorned.8 . T!" # $%%$#"& $'( ("%)#T*"'T. 89i:ewise also that women adorn themsel es in modest apparel, with shame%astness and so!riety" not with !raided hair, and gold, and pearls, and costly raiment.8 1. The injunction refers specially to the dress of women in the Christian assemblies , which ought not to be showy or conspicuous, calculated either to swell the heart o% the wearer with pride, or to attract the eyes o% others in %orget%ulness o% the solemnity o% pu!lic worship. 2. While adornment is expressly allowed , according to age and station, to the exclusion o% anything slo enly, there must !e nothing in the attire or deportment inconsistent with modesty, sel%/restraint, or ;hristian simplicity. There must !e no excessi e care !estowed upon the adjustment o% the hair, and no adornment with gold, or pearls, or costly array inconsistent with the attire pre iously recommended. 4laiting the hair may !e the most con enient way o% arranging it, and wearing ornaments is no more sin%ul in itsel% than wearing apparel. The injunction is that women should not see: such adornments as would either endanger piety or draw away their a%%ections %rom higher things.

. T!" T#+" $()#'*"'T ), -)*"'. 8#ut &which !ecometh women pro%essing godliness, through good wor:s.8 1. Religion is external as well as internal. There is the %orm which must !e clothed with the power o% godliness" religion must not !e secret, !ut mani%est to the world. There%ore women must pro%ess the ;hristian name, and ta:e part in the worship o% the ;hurch. 2. There must be a harmony between the profession of godliness and those deeds of mercy and piety which, <orcas/li:e, show the true disciple o% =esus. .. The highest distinction of women does not spring from dress or decoration , !ut %rom the luster that is thrown round their character !y wor:s o% goodness. They will thus 8adorn the doctrine o% >od our 5a ior8 &Tit(-*'?,.T.;.

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1 Timothy 2:9 n li/e manner that women &hosauto s gunaikas,. Boulomai must !e repeated %rom 'Ti(-*@, in ol ed in hosauto s &old ad er!, as in 6om(@*-),. 4arry insists that proseuchomenas &when they pray, must !e supplied also. >rammatically that is possi!le &9oc:,, !ut it is hardly consonant with 'Ti(-*''/'A &$hite,. $dorn themsel0es &kosmein heautas,. 4resent acti e in%initi e a%ter boulomai understood. Bld word %rom kosmos &arrangement, ornament, order, world,. 5ee note on 9u:(-'*A and note on Tit(-*'?. 5ee note on ';o(''*A. %or 4aul3s discussion o% women3s dress in pu!lic worship. n modest apparel &en katastole i kosmio i,. Katastole is a late word &a letting down, katastello , o% demeanour or dress, arrangement o% dress,. Bnly here in C.T. Kosmios is old adjecti e %rom kosmos and means well/arranged, !ecoming. $. 1. ha e ad er! in margin &kosmio s,. -ith shamefastness &meta aidous,. Bld word %or shame, re erence, in C.T. only here and 1e!('-*-@. 1obriety &so phrosune s,. Bld word, in C.T. only here, 'Ti(-*'A, and 0ct(-)*'A &4aul also,. 'ot with braided hair &meen plegmasin,. Bld word %rom pleko , to plait, to !raid, %or nets, !as:ets, here only in C.T. ;%. '4e(.*' &emploke s,. $nd 2old &en chrusio i,. 9ocati e case with en repeated. 5ome D55. read chruso i. #oth used %or gold ornaments. )r pearls &emargaritais,. 5ee note on Dat(+*) %or this word. )r costly raiment &ehimatismo i polutelei,. Himatismos a common oin!"#$%#$&' word %rom himatizo , to clothe. Polutele s, old word %rom polus and telos &great price,. 5ee Dar('7*..

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1 Timothy 2:9 that: '4e(.*./A with shamefacedness: 4ro(+*'?" 2sa(.*')" Tit(-*./A not: >en(-7*A." Exo(.A*--/-." -Ei(F*.?" Est(A*'" 4sa(7A*'./'7, 4sa('7F*7" 4ro(.'*--" 2sa(.*'@/-7, 2sa()'*7" =er(-*.-, =er(7*.?" EGe(')*F/')" Dat()*-@" Dat()*-F, Dat(''*@ broided: or, plaited, '4e(.*.

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1 Timothy 2:9 n li/e manner 3 4 The writerHs thought is still running upon the pu!lic assem!lies %or worship. $dorn themsel0es 3 4 o adorn, 4. B% %emale adornment, '4e(.*A" 6e (-'*-. 2n Dat(-A*+, o% trimming the lamps. Irom order, so that the primary meaning is to arrange. B%ten in lxx and ;lass. 4rominent in the writerHs mind is the attire o% women in church assem!lies. 4aul treats this su!ject ';o(''*A %%. n modest apparel 3 4 C.T.o. Bnce in lxx, 2sa()'*.. Bpinions di%%er as to the meaning. 5ome apparel, others guise or deportment ( demeanour, Tit(-*.. There seems, on the whole, to !e no su%%icient reason %or departing %rom the rendering o% 0.J. and 6e . modest, seemly, 4asto. Cote the word / play, . -ith shamefacedness and sobriety 3 4 C.T. & in 1e!('-*-@ is an incorrect reading,. 2n earlier >ree:, as in 1omer, it sometimes !lends with the sense o% shame, though used also o% the %eeling o% respect%ul timidity in the presence o% superiors, or o% penitent respect toward one who has !een wronged &see 1omer, )l. i. -.,. 1ence it is connected in 1omer with military discipline &)l. . A.',. 2t is the %eeling o% a suppliant or an un%ortunate in the presence o% those %rom whom he see:s aid" o% a younger man toward an older and wiser one. 2t is a %eeling !ased upon the sense o% de%iciency, in%eriority, or unworthiness. Bn the other hand, it is the %eeling o% a superior in position or %ortune which goes out to an un%ortunate. 5ee 1omer, )l. xxi . -?@" *d. xi . .@@" 5oph. *ed. Col. -7+. 2n the 0ttic period, a distinction was recognised !etween and + representing a respect%ul and re erent attitude toward another, while was the sense o% shame on account o% wrong doing. Thus, one is respectful to his %ather, !ut is ashamed !ecause he has !een drun:. Trench &,.T. -ynon. K xix., remar:s that is the no!ler word and implies the no!ler moti e. 2n it is in ol ed an innate moral repugnance to the doing o% the dishonora!le act, which moral repugnance scarcely or not at all exists in the . 9et the man who is restrained !y alone !e insured against the outward disgrace which he %ears his act will entail, and he will re%rain %rom it no longer. The 0.J. shamefacedness is a corruption o% the old English shamefastness. 5o ;haucer*

5chame%ast chastite. night.s T. #/01. 5ha:espeare* HTis a !lushing shame%ast spirit that mutinies in a manHs !osom. Richard ))). i. 2. 2t is one o% a large class o% words, as stead%ast, sooth%ast, root%ast, master%ast, hand%ast, !ed%ast, etc. -hamefaced changes and destroys the original %orce o% the word, which was bound or made fast by an honora!le shame. sobrietys o4. Bnce in 0cts, 0ct(-)*-A. The :indred er! to be of sound mind, 6om('-*./A" -;o(A*'." Tit(-*). 5e eral representati es o% this %amily o% words appear in the 4astorals, and with the exception o% and , nowhere else in C.T. 5uch are to be soberminded &Tit(-*7," discipline &-Ti('*+," soberly &Tit(-*'-," soberminded &'Ti(.*-,. The word is compounded o% or safe, sound, and mind. 2t signi%ies entire command o% the passions and desires" a sel%/control which holds the rein o er these. 5o 0ristotle &Rhet. i. F,* The irtue !y which we hold oursel es toward the pleasures o% the !ody as. the law enjoins. ;omp. 7 Dacc. '*.'. Euripides calls it the %airest gi%t o% the gods &3ed. ).-,. That it appears so rarely in C.T. is, as Trench remar:s, not !ecause more alue was attached to it in heathen ethics than in ;hristian morality, !ut !ecause it is ta:en up and trans%ormed into a condition yet higher still, in which a man does not command himsel%, which is well, !ut, which is !etter still, is commanded !y >od. The words with shamefastness and sobriety may either !e ta:en directly with adorn themsel4es, or !etter perhaps, as indicating moral qualities accompanying &with, the modest apparel. 9et them adorn themsel es in modest apparel, ha ing along with this shame%astness and so!ermindedness. -ith broidered hair 3 4 o 9it. with plaitings. C.T. . 6end. with braided hair. 5roidered is a !lunder owing to a con%usion with broided, the older %orm o% braided. 5o ;haucer* 1ir yelow heer was !royded in a tresse, #ihinde hir !a:, a yerde long, 2 gesse. night.s T. 6/2% f Costly array 3 4 Ceither word in 4aul. , signi%ies clothing in general. costly occurs only three times in C.T.

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1 Timothy 2:9-10 'Ti(-*F/'?. ...] 0%ter spea:ing o% the men, 4aul turns to the women, and gi es some precepts regarding their !eha iour in church assem!lies. 0s to the construction, it is o! ious that the erse depends on in 'Ti(-*@. 5e eral expositors, howe er, connect it not only with , !ut also with

* 2 will that the men pray L so also the women" they then ta:e what %ollows* ..., as corresponding to ..., 'Ti(-*@, and as de%ining more precisely the manner in which the women are to pray. The in%initi e , howe er, is against this construction. <e $ette, indeed, thin:s that it is added to the in%initi e !y asyndeton" !ut although the connection o% se4eral in%initi es with one another asyndetically %requently occurs &'Ti(A*'7, 'Ti()*'@" Tit(.*'/-,, there is no example o% two in%initi es !eing thus connected.[F@] 1o%mann is %orced to assume that is a consequence dependent on " !ut how can sel%/ adorning !e considered a consequence o% modesty and good senseM Though sometimes the in%initi e does stand connected in such loose %ashion with what precedes, it would !e di%%icult to %ind an instance o% such a connection as 1o%mann here assumes. 0gainst that construction there is also this point* since in 'Ti(-*@ means prayer made !y the men aloud in the church, here in 'Ti(-*F it would ha e to !e ta:en in a wea:ened sense" and it is so rendered !y de $ette and 1o%mann* ta:ing part in prayer. 0ccording to this, the erse cannot !e dependent on , !ut on alone, so that ... merely states how the women are to adorn themsel es &so, too, 4litt,. <e $ette, indeed, thin:s that o!jection may !e made to this construction !ecause the a%%irmati e . ... is %ollowed not only !y a negati e . ..., !ut also !y a second a%%irmati e in 'Ti(-*'?. This accumulation o% clauses, howe er, cannot !e urged, since we ha e a similar accumulation in 'Ti(-*''/'-. Cor is the particle an argument against us, since it stands in other places where the same predicates are not used &comp. 'Ti(.*@" Tit(-*.,. may !e used where er the mem!ers to !e connected contain something not exactly ali:e, !ut o% a :indred nature, as is the case here with L and L .[FF] Cothing is to ta:e place in the church, neither among the men nor among the women, which can hurt its spiritual dignity. ] may, according to >ree: usage, denote sedateness o% nature.['??] 1ence it is that some expositors &de $ette among others, ta:e it here as equi alent to habitus, &Tit(-*.," !ut it ne er occurs in that sense. The words that %ollow* ! L , show that the word is to !e understood o% clothing. True, it does not originally mean this, !ut the letting down, e.g., o% the " &4lutarch, 7ericl. A,. This meaning, howe er, might easily pass into that o% the garment hanging down, and then %urther, into that o% clothing in general. This is the explanation gi en here !y most expositors &also !y 4litt and 1o%mann" an BosterGee translates it* !earing, !ut explains it a%terwards* " N ,. 5ome ta:e it quite generally" others, again, understand it o% the garment en eloping the whole !ody &;hrysostom* # ! , !,. This last explanation has no su%%icient support in the etymology, nor in the ordinary usage. #] does not mean delicately &9uther,, !ut modestly, honourably &comp. 'Ti(.*-," !eyond these passages, it is not %ound in the C. T. ] The outward modesty which ma:es itsel% :nown in the dress,

is to !e accompanied !y inward purity and chastity, since the %ormer would otherwise !e o% no account. $hile $ denotes the inward shrin:ing %rom e erything immodest, expresses the control o% the desires" &9uther,* with modesty and propriety.['?'] 2t is to !e noted that &apart %rom 0ct(-)*-A * , in opposition to , occurs only here and in 'Ti(-*'A, and that all words :indred to it &except in 6om('-*., opposed to in -;o(A*'., denoting the opposite o% the ecstatic state" also in Dar(A*'A" 9u:(@*.A" '4e(7*+,, such as , , , , are %ound only in the 4astoral Epistles. ...] 2nstead o% , we ha e [] &2sa(.*-7 * , in '4e(.*., which is particularly to !e compared with this passage" it denotes the arti%icial plaits o% hair &;lemens 0lex. 7aedag. iii. ''* ,. ] The di ides the ornament into two parts, ! !elonging to the !ody itsel%, and what %ollows !eing the things put on the !ody. 2n '4e(.*., we ha e &comp. 6e ('+*7,. 2t is wrong to connect with the pre ious !. as a hendiadys %or ! &1einrichs,. ] The gems are not named in 4eter, and instead o% " we ha e there " the adjecti e " &Datt.* , is contrasted with #. ! " ! ...] Dost expositors &among them $egscheider, Ilatt, 1eydenreich, 9eo, de $ette, $iesinger, an BosterGee, also $iner, p. '7F, note ' [E. T. p. '+'], re%er ! to , and ta:e # ! L ! as a parenthesis.['?-] #ut there are three points against this, iG., that the ornament o% the women is already named in ..., that the preposition does not suit with &which is construed pre iously with ,, and that good wor:s would !e unsuita!ly descri!ed as ornament here, where he is spea:ing o% the conduct o% the women in the assem!lies o% the church, unless we ar!itrarily limit the general idea to o%%erings %or the poor, as is done !y 1eydenreich and an BosterGee. Theodoret rightly joins ! . . with the immediately preceding . . &$! !, ! "," so, too, Becumenius, 9uther, ;al in, etc." and among more recent names, Dac:, Datthies, and 4litt. The comma !e%ore , which is %ound in the editions, must there%ore !e deleted. 1o%mann connects the words with what %ollows, ta:ing in the sense o% accompanying" !ut ne er has such a simple copulati e meaning.['?.] The relati e % stands here either %or %, %or which Datthies appeals, !ut wrongly, to 6om()*-'" 6om('?*'7" or more pro!a!ly %or ! %. 5o %ar as the meaning goes, the arious reading &$, Eph(A*., is correct. 1o%mann wishes to re%er % to

 in such a way that the latter is mentioned as a thing L seemly %or women. The inter ening , howe er, mani%estly ma:es this construction impossi!le. ! !] ! usually means in the C. T. promise. Datthies accordingly renders the word here !y gi e in%ormation, show" so, too, 9uther* who therein mani%est !lessedness. #ut it is more correct here to ta:e the word in the sense in which profiteri artem is used, so that ! is regarded as an art or a handicra%t. <e $ette rightly says* who ma:e pro%ession o% !lessedness" so, too, 'Ti()*-'" comp. Oenophon, 3emor. i. -. +* # &2gnatius, ad 8phes. chap. '7* $ # & ,. !] only here in the C. T. &9OO. >en(-?*''" more %requently in the 0pocrypha" ", =oh(F*.'" 9OO. Exo('@*-',, is equi alent to $!. ! ] must not !e limited to wor:s o% !ene olence alone. The addition o% these words is %ully explained !y a comparison with -Ti(.*A. ;al in gi es the connection with the preceding words rightly* si operi!us testanda est pietas, in estitu etiam casto apparere haec pro%essio de!et. [F@] $iesinger unites the with the , and de%ends it with the remar:, that i% instead o% the asyndeton o% the in%initi e we had the participle, there could ha e !een no dou!t regarding it. Then he as:s* 1a e we not elsewhere examples enough o% a similar change o% constructionM To this we must answer, Co, unless similar !e ta:en in too wide a sense. [FF] 2t is necessary there%ore to do, as an BosterGee does, supply the participle ! with !ecause o% the . ['??] 2n this sense the word is %ound, e.g. in 0rrian &8pict. ii. '?,, joined with $ and #.2n the passage o% =osephus, 5. 9. ii. @. 7 * ' $ % # ! , which is commonly quoted as a proo% o% the meaning clothing, the meaning is dou!t%ul. 5almasius explains it* sedatus animus et remissus, elato et super!o tumentique oppositus, in contrast with (', er. @" !ut in that case the added adjecti e # is super%luous. ['?'] The two words are also placed together elsewhere as %eminine irtues. 5ee 6aphelius, who quotes, among others, the passage %rom Epictetus &8nchir. chap. )-,* mulieres in ornatu spem collocant omnem" quare operae pretium est, dare operam, ut sentiant, si!i non o! aliud honorem ha!eri, , " ). 0lthough in the Cyropaedia &#oo: iii., the two words are thus distinguished* * &sc. ;yrus, + , , !, , , $, , the distinction cannot !e regarded as always alid.0ristotle & Rhet. i. F, explains in the %ollowing %ashion* ", ! - $ . , # .

['?-] Jan BosterGee explains it as a causal periphrasis to show why precisely this ornament is extolled !y the apostle. ['?.] 1o%mann thus paraphrases the thought* They are to do what is good, and to learn in still seclusion. The %ormer is that which is to !e accompanied !y the latter. 1e appeals to -;o(-*7. 1e does not pro e, howe er, that that passage justi%ies such a paraphrase. The relation !etween writing and tears is o! iously quite di%%erent %rom that !etween learning in stillness and good wor:s. !. *eyer

1 Timothy 2:9 n li/e manner also - That is, he wills or commands what %ollows, as he had commanded what went !e%ore. That women adorn themsel0es - . The apostle seems to re%er here to di%%erent parts o% the >recian and 6oman dress. The , stola, seems to ha e !een originally ery simple. 2t was a long piece o% cloth, dou!led in the middle, and sewed up on !oth sides, lea ing room only %or the arms" at the top, a piece was cut out, or a slit made, through which the head passed. 2t hung down to the %eet, !oth !e%ore and !ehind, and was girded with the Gona round the !ody, just under the !reasts. 2t was sometimes made with, sometimes without, slee es" and, that it might sit the !etter, it was gathered on each shoulder with a !and or !uc:le. 5ome o% the >ree: women wore them open on each side, %rom the !ottom up a!o e the :nee, so as to disco er a part o% the thigh. These were termed , showers &disco erers, o% the thigh" !ut it was, in general, only young girls or immodest women who wore them thus. The seems to ha e !een the same as the pallium or mantle, which, !eing made nearly in the %orm o% the stola, hung down to the waist, !oth in !ac: and %ront, was gathered on the shoulder with a !and or !uc:le, had a hole or slit at top %or the head to pass through, and hung loosely o er the stola, without !eing con%ined !y the Gona or girdle. 6epresentations o% these dresses may !e seen in 9ens3 ;ostume des 4euples de l30ntiquitP, %ig. '', '-, '., and '). 0 more modest and !ecoming dress than the >recian was ne er in ented" it was, in a great measure, re i ed in England a!out the year '@?A, and in it, simplicity, decency, and elegance were united" !ut it soon ga e place to another mode, in which %rippery and nonsense once more pre ailed. 2t was too rational to last long" and too much li:e religious simplicity to !e su%%ered in a land o% shadows, and a world o% painted outsides. -ith shamefacedness and sobriety - The stola, catastola, girdle, etc., though simple in themsel es, were o%ten highly ornamented !oth with gold and precious stones" and, !oth among the >recian and 6oman women, the hair was o%ten crisped and curled in the most ariegated and complex manner. To this the apostle alludes when he says* % & & & ' Cot with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly raiment. The costly raiment might re%er to the materials out o% which the raiment was made, and to the wor:manship" the gold and pearls, to the ornaments on the raiment. $ith shame/%acedness or modesty, . This would lead them to a oid e ery thing un!ecoming or meretricious in the mode or %ashion o% their dress. $ith so!riety, . Doderation would lead them to a oid all unnecessary expense. They might %ollow the custom or costume o% the country as to the dress itsel%, %or

nothing was e er more !ecoming than the >recian stola, catastola, and Gona" !ut they must not imitate the extra agance o% those who, through impurity or littleness o% mind, dec:ed themsel es merely to attract the eye o% admiration, or set in lying action the tongue o% %lattery. $oman has !een in idiously de%ined* 0n animal %ond o% dress. 1ow long will they permit themsel es to !e thus degradedM Those !eauti%ul lines o% 1omer, in which he spea:s o% the death o% Euphor!us, who was slain !y Denelaus, show how anciently the >recians plaited and adorned their hair* / 3 3 3 ' ( & 3 3 . & ) , 3 . )l. x4ii., 4er. 2%. $ide through the nec: appears the ghastly wound" 4rone sin:s the warrior, and his arms re!ound. The shining circlets o% his golden hair, $hich e3en the >races might !e proud to wear, 2nstarr3d with gems and gold !estrew the shore, $ith dust dishonor3d, and de%orm3d with gore. 7ope. Br thus, more literally* / 5ounding he %ell" loud rang his !atter3d arms. 1is loc:s, which e3en the >races might ha e own3d, #lood sullied, and his ringlets wound a!out $ith twine o% gold and sil er, swept the dust. Cowper. The extra agance to which the >recian and 0siatic women went in their ornaments might well !e a reason %or the apostle3s command. Eyp:e, howe er, denies that any particular article o% dress is intended here, and says that is to !e understood as coming %rom , to restrain, repress" and he re%ers it to that go ernment o% the mind, or moderation which women should exercise o er their dress and demeanour in general, and e ery thing that may %all under the o!ser ation o% the senses. 0ll this, undou!tedly, the apostle had in iew. $hen either women or men spend much time, cost, and attention on decorating their persons, it a%%ords a pain%ul proo% that within there is little excellence, and that they are endea oring to supply the want o% mind and moral good !y the %ee!le and silly aids o% dress and ornament. $ere religion out o% the question, common sense would say in all these things* #e decent" !ut !e moderate and modest. Clarc/ 1 Timothy 2:9 n li/e manner also - That is, with the same propriety" with the same regard to what religion demands. The apostle had stated particularly the duty o% men in pu!lic worship 'Ti(-*@, and he now proceeds to state the duty o% women. 0ll the directions here e idently

re%er to the proper manner o% conducting pu!lic worship, and not to pri ate duties" and the o!ject here is to state the way in which he would ha e the di%%erent sexes appear. 1e had said that he would ha e prayers o%%ered %or all people &'Ti(-*' %%,, and that in o%%ering such petitions he would ha e the men on whom de ol ed the duty o% conducting pu!lic de otion, do it with holy hands, and without any intermingling o% passion, and with entire %reedom %rom the spirit o% contention. 2n re%erence to the duty o% %emales in attendance on pu!lic worship, he says that he would ha e them appear in apparel suita!le to the place and the occasion / adorned not a%ter the manner o% the world, !ut with the Geal and lo e in the cause o% the 6edeemer which !ecame ;hristians. 1e would not ha e a woman !ecome a pu!lic teacher 'Ti(-*'-, !ut would wish her e er to occupy the place in society %or which she was designed 'Ti(-*'', and to which she had shown that she was adapted" 'Ti(-*'./'7. The direction in 'Ti(-*F/'-, there%ore, is to !e understood particularly o% the proper deportment o% %emales in the duties o% pu!lic worship. 0t the same time, the principles laid down are dou!tless such as were intended to apply to them in the other situations in li%e, %or i% modest apparel is appropriate in the sanctuary, it is appropriate e erywhere. 2% what is here prohi!ited in dress is wrong there, it would !e di%%icult to show that it is right elsewhere. That women adorn themsel0es - The words 2 will are to !e understood here as repeated %rom 'Ti(-*@. The apostle !y the use o% the word adorn & *+,-./0,, shows that he is not opposed to ornament or adorning, pro ided it !e o% the right :ind. The world, as >od has made it, is %ull o% !eauty, and he has shown in each %lower that he is not opposed to true ornament. There are multitudes o% things which, so %ar as we can see, appear to !e designed %or mere ornament, or are made merely !ecause they are !eauti%ul. 6eligion does not %or!id true adorning. 2t di%%ers %rom the world only on the question what is true ornament, or what it !ecomes us, all things considered, to do in the situation in which we are placed, the character which we sustain, the duties which we ha e to per%orm, and the pro%ession which we ma:e. 2t may !e that there are ornaments in hea en which would !e anything !ut appropriate %or the condition o% a poor, lost, dying sinner on earth. n modest apparel - The word here rendered modest & *+,-/+,,, properly relates to ornament, or decoration, and means that which is well/ordered, decorous, !ecoming. 2t does not, properly, mean modest in the sense o% !eing opposed to that which is immodest, or which tends to excite improper passions and desires, !ut that which is !ecoming or appropriate. The apostle does not positi ely speci%y what this would !e, !ut he mentions somethings which are to !e excluded %rom it, and which, in his iew, are inconsistent with the true adorning o% ;hristian %emales / !roidered hair, gold, pearls, costly array. The sense here is, that the apparel o% %emales should !e such as !ecomes them, or is appropriate to them. The word here used & *+,-/+,,, shows that there should !e due attention that it may !e truly neat, %it, decorous. There is no religion in a negligent mode o% apparel, or in inattention to personal appearance / anymore than there is in wearing gold and pearls" and a %emale may as truly iolate the precepts o% her religion !y neglecting her personal appearance as !y excessi e attention to it. The true idea here is, that her attention to her appearance should !e such that she will !e o%%ensi e to no class o% persons" such as to show that her mind is supremely %ixed on higher and more important things, and such as to inter%ere with no duty which she owes, and no good which she can do, either !y spending her time needlessly in personal adorning, or !y la ishing that money %or dress which might do good to others, or !y neglecting the proprieties o% her station, and ma:ing hersel% o%%ensi e to others. -ith shamefacedness - $ith modesty o% appearance and manner / an eminent %emale irtue, whether in the sanctuary or at home. $nd sobriety - The word here used means, properly, sanity" then so!er/mindedness, moderation o% the desires and passions. 2t is opposed to all that is %ri olous, and to all

undue excitement o% the passions. The idea is, that in their apparel and deportment they should not entrench on the strictest decorum. <oddridge. 'ot with broidered hair - Dargin, plaited. Iemales in the East pay much more attention to the hair than is commonly done with us. 2t is plaited with great care, and arranged in arious %orms, according to the pre ailing %ashion, and o%ten ornamented with spangles or with sil er wire or tissue interwo en" see the notes on 2sa(.*-7. The sense here is, that ;hristian %emales are not to imitate those o% the world in their care%ul attention to the ornaments o% the head. 2t cannot !e supposed that the mere !raiding o% the hair is %or!idden, !ut only that care%ul attention to the manner o% doing it, and to the ornaments usually worn in it, which characteriGed worldly %emales. )r 2old, or pearls - 2t is not to !e supposed that all use o% gold or pearls as articles o% dress is here %or!idden" !ut the idea is, that the ;hristian %emale is not to see: these as the adorning which she desires, or is not to imitate the world in these personal decorations. 2t may !e a di%%icult question to settle how much ornament is allowa!le, and when the true line is passed. #ut though this cannot !e settled !y any exact rules, since much must depend on age, and on the relati e ran: in li%e, and the means which one may possess, yet there is one general rule which is applica!le to all, and which might regulate all. 2t is, that the true line is passed when more is thought o% this external adorning, than o% the ornament o% the heart. 0ny external decoration which occupies the mind more than the irtues o% the heart, and which engrosses the time and attention more, we may !e certain is wrong. The apparel should !e such as not to attract attention" such as !ecomes our situation" such as will not !e particularly singular" such as shall lea e the impression that the heart is not %ixed on it. 2t is a poor am!ition to decorate a dying !ody with gold and pearls. 2t should not !e %orgotten that the !ody thus adorned will soon need other ha!iliments, and will occupy a position where gold and pearls would !e a moc:ery. $hen the heart is right" when there is true and supreme lo e %or religion, it is usually not di%%icult to regulate the su!ject o% dress. Costly array - Expensi e dress. This is %or!idden / %or it is %oolish, and the money thus employed may !e much more pro%ita!ly used in doing good. ;ostly array includes that which can !e ill a%%orded, and that which is inconsistent with the %eeling that the principle ornament is that o% the heart. 5$#'"1