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The Adornment of the Christian Woman

The Adornment of the Christian Woman Excerpt Peter in  verses 1 and 2  exhorts these Christian wives to win their husbands to the Lord by pious living. In this verse, he  forbids them to depend upon outward adornment in their effort at gaining their husbands, and not only upon outward adornment as such, but upon worldly adornment, the kind which they wore before they were saved, immodest, gaudy, conspicuous. These women were making the mistake of thinking that if they would dress as the world dressed, that that would please their unsaved husbands, and they would thus be influenced the easier to take the Lord Jesus as Saviour. It is true that they would be pleased, pleased because the appearance of their wives appealed to their totally depraved natures, and pleased because the Christian testimony of their wives was nullified by their appearance. They would say, “What you appear to be speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you are saying. ” It is not true that that woul...

The Adornment of the Christian Woman

The Adornment of the Christ ian Woman Excerpt Peter in  verses 1 and 2  exhorts these Christ ian wives to win their husbands to the Lord by pious living. In this verse , he  forbids them to depend upon outward adornment in their effort at gaining their husbands, and not only upon outward adornment as such, but upon worldly adornment, the kind which they wore before they were saved, immodest, gaudy, conspicuous. These women were making the mistake of thinking that if they would dress like the world covered, that that would please their unsaved husbands, and they would thus be influenced the easier to take the Lord Jesus as Saviour . It is true that they would be delighted, pleased because the appearance of their wives appealed to their totally depraved natures, and wanted because the Christ ian testimony of their wives was nullified by their appearance. They would say, “What you appear to speak so loudly I cannot hear what you are saying.” It is not true that...

The Adornment of the Christian Woman

The Adornment of the Christ ian Woman Excerpt ‎Peter in verses 1 and 2 exhorts these Christ ian wives to win their husbands to the Lord by pious living. In this verse , he forbids them to depend upon outward adornment in their effort at gaining their husbands, and not only upon outward adornment as such, but upon worldly adornment, the kind which they wore before they were saved, immodest, gaudy, conspicuous. These women were making the mistake of thinking that if they would dress as the world dressed, that that would please their unsaved husbands, and they would thus be influenced the easier to take the Lord Jesus as Saviour . It is true that they would be pleased, pleased because the appearance of their wives appealed to their totally depraved natures, and pleased because the Christ ian testimony of their wives was nullified by their appearance. They would say, “What you appear to be speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you are saying.” It is not true that that would help ...