1 Timothy 2:10

Professing [ε π α γ γ ε λ λ ο μ ε ν α ι ς]. In the sense of professing only in the Pastorals. In Titus 1:2, and everywhere else in N. T. it means promise. See Acts 7:5; Romans 4:21; Galatians 3:19, etc.

Godliness [θ ε ο σ ε β ε ι α ν]. N. T. o. Several times in LXX The adjective qeosebhv worshipping God, John 9:31. It is = eujsebeia. See ver. 2. Const. by good works with professing godliness : omit the parenthesis which - godliness; take which [ο] as = with that which [ε ν τ ο υ τ ω ο] and construe it with adorn. The whole will then read : "That women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, but (adorn themselves) with that which becometh women professing godliness through good works." 100