You should not use. Peter's meaning is: "No amount of ostentatious display can substitute for a gracious Christian personality!" In the Bible, modesty always has to do with "overdressing to the point of being absurd." If what Peter says were taken literally, it would forbid wearing any clothes at all! But the woman who spends her time on the outward aids will not secure her husband's love as much as she will with a pure and reverent life. Compare 1 Timothy 2:9-10; Isaiah 3:17-23.

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