ADORNED WITH GOOD DEEDS
Keywords 2:10
but with
good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.
1.
Praying men, lifting up holy hands (8)
Men have a
tendency to become angry and dispute with one another. However, Paul wants men
everywhere to pray. Paul wants men to grow as men of prayer in all areas of
their life.
2. Women
who profess to worship God (9-15)
Women have a
tendency to dress themselves with elaborate hairstyles, gold or pearls, or
expensive clothes. Paul wants them instead to dress modestly and be adorned
with good deeds that reflect their inner attitude of love and worship toward
God. In Ephesus, women were influenced by Diana worship and were
inappropriately exalting the position of women over men. To counter cultural
influence, Paul wants women to learn in quietness and full submission, like
Mary at the feet of Jesus. Paul did not permit women to assume authority over a
man based on Genesis 2 and 3. Paul encouraged women to continue in faith, love,
and holiness, extolling their feminine identity in God.
Prayer Lord, help men to pray and women to
be adorned with good deeds.
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