Page 17 - God's Dress Code

verse 8, but when we come to verses 9 and 10,

he begins dealing with the issue of clothing

Now, what we're reading in this chapter is

New Testament doctrine based upon apostolic

authority; in other words, all the apostles taught

this, and it was given to them by the Lord Jesus

Christ. My article on modesty deals with this

somewhat in detail. The words that are given in

verse 9 are worthy of note: the word adorn, the

word apparel, the words modest and sobriety,

shamefacedness, broided hair and costly array.

So there are several interesting words in

association with the subject of modesty. And

I'm saying this to the men too. I don't think that

the men need to be running around half-naked

with shorts on and with no shirt on. We see this

a lot with men. I don't think they need to be

running around with what they call now the

“skinny jeans” and all this kind of stuff. I think

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