^2:9Likewise¹⁴ the women are to dress¹⁵ in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control.¹⁶ Their adornment must not be¹⁷ with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing, ^2:10but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.

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Footnotes

11 The word translated “men” here (ἀνήρ, anēr) refers to adult males, not people in general. Note the command given to “the women” in v. 9.
12 To pray. In this verse Paul resumes and concludes the section about prayer begun in 2:1–2. 1 Tim 2:3–7 described God’s concern for all people as the motive for such prayer.
13 Paul uses a common ancient posture in prayer (lifting up holy hands) as a figure of speech for offering requests from a holy life (without anger or dispute).
14 Most witnesses have καὶ τάς (kai tas; so D1 Ψ 1881 𝔐) or simply καί (א2 D* F G 6 365 1739 ) after ὡσαύτως (hōsautōs). A few important witnesses lack such words (א* A H P 33 81 1175 ). The evidence is for the most part along “party” lines, with the shortest reading being found in the Alexandrian text, the conjunction in the Western, and the longest reading in the Byzantine tradition. Externally, the shortest reading is preferred. However, there is a good chance of homoiomeson or homoioteleuton in which case καί or καὶ τάς could have accidentally been omitted (note the αι [ai] and αι ας [ai as] in the word that follows, written here in uncial script): ΩΣΑΥΤΩΣΚΑΙΓΥΝΑΙΚΑΣ/ ΩΣΑΥΤΩΣΚΑΙΤΑΣΓΥΝΑΙΚΑΣ. Nevertheless, since both the καί and καὶ τάς are predictable variants, intended to fill out the meaning of the text, the shortest reading seems best able to explain the rise of the others. has the καί in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.
15 Grk “to adorn themselves.” Grammatically the phrase “to adorn themselves” continues the author’s words in v. 8: “I want … likewise the women to adorn themselves.”
16 This word and its cognates are used frequently in the Pastoral Epistles. It means “moderation,” “sobriety,” “decency,” “sensibleness,” or “sound judgment.”
17 Literally a continuation of v. 9a, “not with braided hair …” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. 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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument. Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel, but with good works, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

NLTNew Living Translation

In every place of worship, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy.

And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes. For women who claim to be devoted to God should make themselves attractive by the good things they do.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and dispute.

Likewise also the women should adorn themselves in appropriate clothing, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold jewelry or pearls or expensive clothing, but with good deeds which are fitting for women who profess godliness.

KJV 1900King James Version

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. 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; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

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