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2 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

3 For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world.

4 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

5 Be diligent to come to me quickly; for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica-- Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.

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8 The way some people - even Christians - dress, you would think the only purpose for clothing is protection from the cold. The warmer the outside temperature, the less they wear, especially when engaged in recreation. Consider, however, what one atheistic sociologist had to say about this.

9 “If clothing were simply a matter of comfort and protection, then there are many occasions when we could all abandon our costumes, thanks to modern technology. We have air- conditioning, central heating and soft furnishings in our homes and could easily wine, dine, entertain and relax in the nude without any protective problems arising.

10 "The fact that we do not do so leads on to the second basic function of clothing, that of modesty. In this role, clothing acts as a concealment device. Garments are worn to switch off certain body signals. Ever since man went upright and walked on his hind legs he has been unable to approach another member of his species without giving a sexual display….

11 "The human body is a mass of gender signals, and every curve of flesh, each bulge and contour, transmits its basic signals to the eyes of interested onlookers.

12 "The female breasts, the buttocks, the hips, the thighs, the waist, the slender neck, the rounded limbs, and the male chest, the body hair, the broad shoulders, the muscles of the arms and legs, all these visual elements are potentially arousing to the opposite sex.

13 "If their messages are to be reduced, then they too must be hidden by enveloping garments." (Desmond Morris: Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behavior, pages 215, 216)

14 1.Sin led to sexual awareness and shame.

15 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

16 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

17 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; * and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.**

18 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

19 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?" So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."

20 And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?"

21 Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics* of skin, and clothed them.

22 1.Sin led to sexual awareness and shame. 2.Women should adorn themselves in modest apparel with good works and incorruptible beauty.

23 in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

24 Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.

25 Do not let your adornment be merely outward- -arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel-- rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

26 For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.

27 1.Sin led to sexual awareness and shame. 2.Women should adorn themselves in modest apparel with good works and incorruptible beauty. 3.Women should dress to be chaste, not chased.

28 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things-- that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste,* homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

29 1.Sin led to sexual awareness and shame. 2.Women should adorn themselves in modest apparel with good works and incorruptible beauty. 3.Women should dress to be chaste, not chased. 4.One should never cause another to sin.

30 Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother's way.

31 Then He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones."

32 "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

33 1.Sin led to sexual awareness and shame. 2.Women should adorn themselves in modest apparel with good works and incorruptible beauty. 3.Women should dress to be chaste, not chased. 4.One should never cause another to sin. 5.There is no double standard.

34 Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics* of skin, and clothed them.