1 Timothy 2:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Timothy 2:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Timothy 2:9 is a verse from the book of 1 Timothy in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided h..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Timothy 2:9 — 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; broided: or, plaited”
— 1 Timothy 2:9 (KJV)
1 Timothy 2:9 in Context — About the Book of 1 Timothy
1 Timothy is a veteran's field manual for a young pastor in Ephesus — sound doctrine, qualified leaders, care for widows, contentment over the love of money, and fighting the good fight of faith. It urges prayers for kings and all in authority so believers can live peaceful, godly lives.
Cross-References for 1 Timothy 2:9
“For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:”
Shares key themes with 1 Timothy 2:9: manner, also, women
“Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;”
Shares key themes with 1 Timothy 2:9: adorn, apparel, hair
“Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.”
Shares key themes with 1 Timothy 2:9: like, manner, also
“And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.”
Shares key themes with 1 Timothy 2:9: like, also, women
“Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.”
Shares key themes with 1 Timothy 2:9: like, also, themselves
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