Link Hudson, Melvin Harter I Peter 3:3 KJV Whose adorning…

Link Hudson, Melvin Harter
I Peter 3:3 KJV Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel

Melvin says that gold means jewelry and Link says that if Melvin is correct then the women should not wear clothing!

Let’s continue this discussion. The modern interpretative trend is to say that holiness is ONLY internal. Outward adornment has nothing to do with holiness. Peruse the most recent translations and you will read the implications of this modern interpretation.

NIV Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. 4Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.

“Let it not be” is the rendering of the Old Bibles reaching back to the Douay-Rheims Bible and including the KJV, ASV and NASV.
In fact the the NASV as “merely” let it not be merely the…

NIV adds “rather” meaning instead of external let it be internal

I believe that Link is in error to assume that the old versions suggest nudity for the women. That is clearly absurd. Perhaps there is a cultural aspect here that we don’t understand, speaking for myself.

I can’t go with holiness being annulled by the wearing of jewelry. However I can understand excessive and costly arrayed in jewelry. That then applies to hairstyles, adornment or expensive, finer garments. (may refer to outer garments)

The external is important and the inner paramount. One is not without the other. I believe this was the essential view of the Church of God in the past and has since changed.

Our guide for rule is scripture and the scriptures are the modern translations and for that reason our holiness is not different from the Baptist of all sorts.

Why, she looks Baptist!! That is a valid statement.

My wife are of different persuasions. She attends a Southern Baptist Church and this afternoon I showed her a picture of the GO’s wife (who she didn’t know) and ask her if this was a COG woman and she said well, she certainly looks Baptist.
I said to her, this is the GO’s wife! She was speechless!!