Author: Jeff Englund

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, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

Summary: Whoo-boy! How do we deal with Paul’s statement about women from two thousand years ago?   

Before we get into specifics, let’s talk about this verse in generalities. Nobody likes to be told what to wear, especially if what you wear is important to you. But it gets worse. It almost sounds like Paul is talking down to women. In the next few verses, he digs the hole deeper and even makes the case that Eve’s sin in the Garden of Eden is the reason for all of these rules.