1 Timothy 2:9

7 For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.

8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

10 but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

11 A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
KJV
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;
WEB
In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing,
ASV
In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;
DARBY
In like manner also that the women in decent deportment and dress adorn themselves with modesty and discretion, not with plaited [hair] and gold, or pearls, or costly clothing,
BLB
Likewise also women [are] to adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and sound-mindedness, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing,
ÅB
likeså og at kvinnene skal pryde seg med sømmelig bekledning, i tukt og ære, ikke med fletninger og gull eller perler eller kostbare klær,
OTB
På samme måte vil jeg at kvinnene skal kle seg i passende klær, med beskjedenhet og diskresjon, ikke med flettet hår, gull, perler eller kostbare klær,
B1930
likeså og at kvinnene skal pryde sig med sømmelig klædning, i tukt og ære, ikke med fletninger og gull eller perler eller kostelig klædebon,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Peter 3:3–5

    Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

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  • Titus 2:3–5

    Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

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  • Psalms 149:4

    For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

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  • Jeremiah 4:30

    And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.

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  • Isaiah 3:16

    The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

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  • 2 Kings 9:30

    Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

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  • Jeremiah 2:32

    Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.

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  • Isaiah 3:18–24

    In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;

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