It is not often that believers publicly consider what the Bible teaches about feminine modesty.
When I speak of modesty, I am not simply talking about dress because your dress is bottom line evidence of your heart attitude.
Modesty, even by its definition, implies a heart attitude of humility. We know that God hates pride and the opposite of pride, of course, is humility and humility is possible only when the Holy Spirit does a transforming work in us.
My goal here is not only to consider God's standards for dress, but we want to consider the condition of our heart when this subject is raised.
Many churches are rightly concerned about avoiding the legalism of laying down man-made rules as opposed to biblical injunctions.
I once heard a pastor say "I wouldn't touch the subject of modesty with a ten-foot pole." But the response of my heart was, "If the word of God addresses it, if the word of God teaches it, we have a responsibility before God to understand it and to teach it."
In the New Testament women are taught their behavior should be chaste and that impacts dress. 1 Peter 3:1-7.
We do not want to make a list of rules. To make decisions about dress for yourself, you need to understand certain principles from the Bible.
