1 Timothy 2:9 (ASV)

Passage

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 2:7 whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

1 Timothy 2:8 I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

1 Timothy 2:9 In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

1 Timothy 2:10 but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.

1 Timothy 2:11 Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "like", "manner", "women", "adorn", "themselves", "modest", "apparel", and "shamefastness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "like" and "manner", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "I desire therefore that the men pray..." into verse 10's "but which becometh women professing godliness through...", so "like" and "manner" belong inside that flow. In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "like" and "manner" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.