dress code

⁹Similarly also, women should be dressed fittingly, adorning themselves with compunction and restraint, and not with plaited hair, nor gold, nor pearls, nor costly attire,

⁵A woman shall not be clothed with manly apparel, nor shall a man make use of feminine apparel. For whoever does these things is abominable with God.

³For you, there should be no unnecessary adornment of the hair, or surrounding with gold, or the wearing of ornate clothing. ⁴Instead, you should be a hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptibility of a quiet and meek spirit, rich in the sight of God.

³In every place, the eyes of the Lord consider good and evil.

⁷And the Lord said to Samuel: “You should not look with favor on his face, nor on the height of his stature. For I have rejected him. Neither do I judge by the appearance of a man. For man sees those things that are apparent, but the Lord beholds the heart.”

²⁰And so the Lord said, “The outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah has been multiplied, and their sin has become exceedingly grievous. ²¹I will descend and see whether they have fulfilled the work of the outcry that has reached me, or whether it is not so, in order that I may know.”

¹⁹Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? ²⁰For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.

²⁸But I say to you, that anyone who will have looked at a woman, so as to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

³⁵Let your waists be girded, and let lamps be burning in your hands.

¹Now after these things, it happened that David struck the Philistines, and he humbled them. And David took the bridle of tribute from the hand of the Philistines. ²And he struck Moab, and he measured them with a line, leveling them to the ground. Now he measured with two lines, one to kill, and one to keep alive. And Moab was made to serve David under tribute.

¹And so, I beg you, brothers, by the mercy of God, that you offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, with the subservience of your mind. ²And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.

¹⁴Instead, be clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in its desires.

⁶In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.

²²A beautiful and senseless woman is like a gold ring in the snout of a swine.

¹Pursue charity. Be zealous for spiritual things, but only so that you may prophesy. ²For whoever speaks in tongues, speaks not to men, but to God. For no one understands. Yet by the Spirit, he speaks mysteries. ³But whoever prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and consolation. ⁴Whoever speaks in tongues edifies himself. But whoever prophesies edifies the Church. ⁵Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but more so to prophesy. For he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues, unless perhaps he interprets, so that the Church may receive edification. ⁶But now, brothers, if I were to come to you speaking in tongues, how would it benefit you, unless instead I speak to you in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in doctrine?

¹And responding, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying: ²“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was king, who celebrated a wedding for his son. ³And he sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding. But they were not willing to come. ⁴Again, he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell the invited: Behold, I have prepared my meal. My bulls and fatlings have been killed, and all is ready. Come to the wedding.’ ⁵But they ignored this and they went away: one to his country estate, and another to his business. ⁶Yet truly, the rest took hold of his servants and, having treated them with contempt, killed them.

¹²And so, each one of us shall offer an explanation of himself to God. ¹³Therefore, we should no longer judge one another. Instead, judge this to a greater extent: that you should not place an obstacle before your brother, nor lead him astray. ¹⁴I know, with confidence in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in and of itself. But to him who considers anything to be unclean, it is unclean to him. ¹⁵For if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are not now walking according to love. Do not allow your food to destroy him for whom Christ died. ¹⁶Therefore, what is good for us should not be a cause of blasphemy. ¹⁷For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.

¹²Let no one despise your youth, but be an example among the faithful in word, in behavior, in charity, in faith, in chastity.