¹⁰ For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.

¹ Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.

¹⁶ For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

¹³ My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body.

¹⁴ I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.

¹⁵ My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.

⁹ And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;

¹⁰ But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.

¹¹ Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority.

⁸ The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.

²⁵ So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

³ Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;

⁴ But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.

⁵ And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands:

³⁰ Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.