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1 Timothy 2:9-10 KJV
1 Timothy · chapter 2 · verses 9–10 · King James Version
9In 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; 10But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.1 Timothy 2:9-10 · King James Version
1 Timothy 2:9-10 in context
7Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
9In 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;
10But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
11Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- shamefacednessaidōsa sense of shame or honour, modesty, bashfulness, reverence, regard for others, respectG127 →
- themselvesheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- professingepangellomaito announce that one is about to do or furnish something, to promise to engage…G1861 →
- becomethprepōto stand out, to be conspicuous, to be eminent, to be becoming, seemly, fitG4241 →
- mannerhōsautōsin like manner, likewiseG5615 →
- womengynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
- adornkosmeōto put in order, arrange, make ready, prepare, to ornament, adorn, metaph. to embellish…G2885 →
- worksergonbusiness, employment, that which any one is occupied, that which one undertakes to do…G2041 →
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