Some Thoughts on Modest Dress

In 1 Timothy 2:9, Paul says, “Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments...”

As usual, Calvin’s comments on the passage are helpful. He says Paul is addressing a “vice to which women are almost always prone. That vice is -- excessive eagerness and d…