Worldliness

2. Worldliness

3. Worldliness Modesty

4. A Gentle Appeal • To Think • To Look at self • Realize: “I could be wrong. Some of my clothing could be immodest.”

5. Bible Sets • Guidelines • About Dress • Thus Violation = Sin • Bible = Standard • World • Parents • Preacher • Elders • Always Thought / Done X X X X X Beginning Consideration • You Want • To Dress • In Harmony • With The Bible • If so – will listen • & appreciate • (Jas. 1:21-22) • If not – rejected • God himself • (Jno. 12:48)

6. Modesty I. Reasons For Immodesty

7. Reasons People Dress Immodestly • Ignorant & Untaught • Want to fit in • Want to be bold and “turn heads” • Careless – Don’t stop & think • About Divine principles • Allow world’s standards to influence them • Brethren gradually get looser • Don’t know how they really look

8. Modesty I. Reasons For Immodesty II. The First Clothing

9. Apron Tunic The First Clothes The First Clothes V. 7 Naked (Nude) V. 11 Naked (Relatively) V. 21 Clothed & Modest Genesis 3

10. Tunic Original I.S.B.E. article on “Dress” says chiton “resembled the Roman tunic, corresponding most nearly to our long shirt, reaching below the knee always, and, in case it was designed for dress occasions, reaching almost to the ground” (I.S.B.E., II:877). Later in the article, it is noted that the chiton of the peasantry was shorter like modern kamis of Syrian fellah which is to the knee.

11. Tunic Hebrew: KUTTONET--"a tunic...; generally with sleeves, coming down to the knees, rarely to the ankles" (Gesenius, 420; cf. Harris, 1:459; Brown, Driver, Briggs, 509).

12. Wright says, “The tunic (inappropriately translated ‘coat’) was a shirt which was worn next to the skin. It was made of leather, hair-cloth, wool, linen, or in modern times, usually of cotton. The simplest form of it was without sleeves and reached to the knees or sometimes to the ankles. The well-to-do wore it with sleeves and extending to the ankles. Women as well as men wore it [see Cant. 5:3, A.R.V.], although there was no doubt a difference in style and pattern in what was worn by the two” (Fred H. Wight, Manners and Customs of Bible Lands, 91). Tunic

13. Modesty I. Reasons For Immodesty II. The First Clothing III. Modest

14. 1 Timothy 2:9-10 9 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; 10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. KJV

15. Modest Dictionary 1. Having or showing a moderate estimation of one’s own talents, abilities, and value. 2. Having a shy or retiring nature; reserved. 3. Observing conventional proprieties in speech, behavior, or dress. 4. Quiet and humble in appearance; unpretentious: a modest house 5. Moderate; not extreme: a modest charge.” (American Heritage Dictionary, p. 806).

16. Modest Lexicons W. E. Vine: “orderly, well-arranged, decent, ... The well-ordering is not of dress and demeanor only, but of the inner life, uttering indeed and expressing itself in the outward conversation.” (Vol. III, p. 79).

17. Modest Lexicons Strongs: “orderly, i.e. decorous: - of good behavior” (#2887). From kosmos (#2889) which means orderly or well arranged. Word for world. Thayer: “well-arranged, seemly, modest” (p. 356). Bauer: “respectable, honorable” (p. 445). Kubo: “modest, respectable” (p. 205).

18. Modest Lexicons Englishman’s Greek Concordance shows that this word is only used two times in the NT. It is translated “modest” in 1 Tim. 2:9 and “of good behavior” in 1 Tim. 3:2.

19. Summary Modest • Reserved • Humble • Respectable • Decent • Orderly

20. Modesty I. Reasons For Immodesty II. The First Clothing III. Modest IV. Related Principles

21. Related Principles • Shame (1 Tim. 2:9)

22. Shame • KJV uses word “shamefacedness”; ASV - “shamefastness”; NKJV uses the word “ propriety”. • From AIDOS which means: • “A sense of shame, modesty, is used regarding the demeanor of women in the church, I Tim. 2:9 ... ‘Shamefastness is that modesty which is ‘fast’ or rooted in the character...’ (Davies; Bible English, p. 12).... ‘Aidos would always restrain a good man from and unworthy act,...’ (Trench, Syn §§ xix, xx)” (Vines, Vol. IV, p. 17) • Strong suggests that it may be from two words which would give the idea of “downcast eyes” thus meaning “bashfulness” (#127).

23. Related Principles • Shame (1 Tim. 2:9) • Good Judgment (1 Tim. 2:9)

24. Good Judgment • KJV uses the word “sobriety”; NKJV - “moderation”. • From SOPHROSUNE which means: • “Soundness of mind... ‘sound judgment’ practically expresses the meaning; ‘it is that habitual inner self- government, with its constant rein on all the passions and desires which would hinder the temptation to these from arising....” (Vines, Vol. IV, pp. 44-45). • “Soundness of mind, i.e.(lit,) sanity or (fig.) self- control” (Strongs, # 4997).

25. Related Principles • Shame (1 Tim. 2:9) • Good Judgment (1 Tim. 2:9) • Godliness (1 Tim. 2:10)

26. Godliness • Darby: “profession of the fear of God”, NIV: “profess to worship God” • From THEOSEBEIA which means: • “Denotes the fear or reverence of God,…” (Vines, Vol. II, p. 162). • “Devoutness, i.e. piety” (Strongs, # 2317).

27. Related Principles • Shame (1 Tim. 2:9) • Good Judgment (1 Tim. 2:9) • Godliness (1 Tim. 2:10) • Nakedness

28. Nakedness Complete Nudity Partial Nudity “Ill-clad” or “clad in undergarment only” (Thayer, p. 122) “badly clad” or “not fully clothed” (Kittle, I:773-774) “lightly clad” (Liddell & Scott, 170) “Unclad, without clothing” (Thayer, p. 122) Point: One can have some clothing on and still be “naked”

29. } Nakedness Nakedness Exposing the thigh = exposing one’s Nakedness Gen. 3:7, 10-11 Exo. 28:42 Isa. 47:2-3

30. Related Principles • Shame (1 Tim. 2:9) • Good Judgment (1 Tim. 2:9) • Godliness (1 Tim. 2:10) • Nakedness • Our Dress & Actions Affects Others (Prov. 7:10)

31. Our Dress & Actions Affect Others • “Attire of a harlot” (Prov. 7:10) • David saw Bathsheba & lusted (2 Sam. 11) • Man can easily lust (Matt. 5:28; Prov. 6:25) • Mary Quant (designer of mini-skirt): “Mini-clothes are symbolic of those women who want to seduce a man”

32. Related Principles • Shame (1 Tim. 2:9) • Good Judgment (1 Tim. 2:9) • Godliness (1 Tim. 2:10) • Nakedness • Our Dress & Actions Affects Others (Prov. 7:10)

33. Related PrinciplesOur Clothes Should: • Be Modest – reserved, decent, respectable • Show Shame – can blush, have shame • Show Good Judg. – common sense • Show Godliness – are devoted to God • Respect Others – opposite sex could lust • Cover our nakedness – cover from the shoulder to the knee

34. Modesty I. Reasons For Immodesty II. The First Clothing III. Modest IV. Related Principles V. Ways One Can Be Immodest

35. Ways That One Can Be Immodest • Too Short • Too Tight • Too Thin • Too Low • Too Loose

36. Sports Does Modesty Apply When We Participate? Weddings Yard Work

37. Modest Shame Good Judgment Godliness Careful toward Others Immodest No Shame Poor Judgment Don’t Fear God May Cause Lust Shorts (reveal the thigh) Jogging Shorts Strapless Dresses Swimming Trucks See-Through Styles Majorette Uniforms Swimsuits Cheerleading Outfits Short Dresses Split Dresses Tight / Formfitting Sun Dresses Low-Cut Blouses & Dresses

38. State Prison Bans Shorts Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary Visitation Handbook: Rule 5: “All visitors shall dress in an appropriate manner.... halter tops, tank tops, sundresses, shorts and other revealing attire shall not be acceptable on persons on age 10....”

39. Modesty I. Reasons For Immodesty II. The First Clothing III. Modest IV. Related Principles V. Ways One Can Be Immodest

40. Conclusion Applies to Men as well as Women Gen. 3:21 Applies when: Stand Sit Bend Lean Applies to more more than length of clothing: Tight Form Fitting See Through