[loran adkins]

There is always more that one way to understand what is read in scripture. In my life I have seen this many times over, I was raised in one church, that preached against pants and cutting hair on women to name two differences. When I was ten we moved across the state and attended another church where the women both cut their hair and wore pants. Both of these pastors were great men of God and held in great respect by many till theirs death.

So growing up I had to come to terms with standards. Were they of God or man. As I grew and studied the word I for myself came to the conclusion that standards were just a list of men's opinions which had become traditions, and not the will of God. You see what we call standards of holiness come from a smattering of scriptures from one end of the bible to the other. And not listed together like say the ten commandments. So that should tell one right there that they are a man made list and not of God. What I am saying is that this is a made up list from man and not put together by God.

Lets take just one passage
1Pe 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
1Pe 3:2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
1Pe 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

So many take this passage to preach against jewelry, looking over the part that says not plaiting the hair, or the part that says putting on of apparel. So excuse me if I have a hard time believing that this scripture is saying that wearing jewelry is wrong. If that were true than so would plaiting of the hair and wearing of apparel be wrong. Yet we all know of many Pentecostal women that have wear the most elaborate hair styles, and clothing that money can buy. What really gets me is that they justify this by saying that one must wear their best for God.