Insired Counsel for Christians

Others can tell if we're true Christians by the way we dress.

The inward adorning of a meek and quiet spirit is priceless. In the life of the true Christian the outward adorning is always in harmony with the inward peace and holiness. "If any man will come after Me," Christ said, "let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." Matthew 16:24. Self-denial and sacrifice will mark the Christian's life. Evidence that the taste is converted will be seen in the dress of all who walk in the path cast up for the ransomed of the Lord. {AA 52

My sisters, your dress is telling either in favor of Christ and the sacred truth or in favor of the world. Which is it? {CG 420.1}

The dress worn by many of our sisters testifies against them,--professors in name, but lovers of the world by practice. {RH, December 6, 1881 par. 16}

If we are true Christians, we will dress modestly

A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. {CG 413.5}

I appeal to you, as followers of Christ making an exalted profession, to cherish the precious, priceless gem of modesty. This will guard virtue. {AH 334.3}

In all things we are to be representatives of Him. Our appearance in every respect should be characterized by neatness, modesty, and purity. {CG 413.2}

The majority of those who call themselves Christians are not genuine

In every age a majority of the professed followers of Christ have disregarded those precepts which enjoin self-denial and humility, which require modesty and simplicity of conversation, deportment, and apparel. {CG 430.1}

A modest Christian's dress is different from the world's appearance

They should let their dress be modest, different from the world around them. 4bSG 21.1

God wants something in return for this great sacrifice He has made in your behalf. He wants you to be Christians, not in name alone, but also in dress and conversation. He would have you be content to dress in modest apparel. . . {MYP 346.2}

God wants us to avoid sensual, immodest apparel

My sisters, avoid even the appearance of evil. In this fast age, reeking with corruption, you are not safe unless you stand guarded. Virtue and modesty are rare. I appeal to you as followers of Christ, making an exalted profession, to cherish the precious, priceless gem of modesty. This will guard virtue. {CG 417.2}

Chaste simplicity in dress, when united with modesty of demeanor, will go far toward surrounding a young woman with that atmosphere of sacred reserve which will be to her a shield from a thousand perils. {CG 417.3}

God wants us to avoid attracting attention to ourselves

In their dress they [Christians] avoid superfluity and display; but their clothing will be neat, not gaudy, modest, and arranged upon the person with order and taste. {CG 419.5}

True refinement does not find satisfaction in the adorning of the body for display. {CG 423.1}

The Bible teaches modesty in dress. "In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel." 1 Timothy 2:9. This forbids display in dress, gaudy colors, profuse ornamentation. Any device designed to attract attention to the wearer or to excite admiration is excluded from the modest apparel which God's Word enjoins. {CG 423.2}

Self-denial in dress is a part of our Christian duty. To dress plainly and abstain from display of jewelry and ornaments of every kind is in keeping with our faith. {CG 423.3}

God wants us to dress with simplicity

Our sisters should dress with simplicity. They should clothe themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety. {CG 414.1}

Simple, plain, unpretending dress will be a recommendation to my youthful sisters. In no better way can you let your light shine to others than in your simplicity of dress and deportment. {CG 417.1}

God wants us to dress with modesty, neatness, order and taste

In their dress they [true Christians] avoid superfluity and display; but their clothing is modest, and arranged upon the person with order and taste. {CTBH 87.1}

Correct taste is not to be despised or condemned. Our faith, if carried out, will lead us to be so plain in dress and zealous of good works that we shall be marked as peculiar. But when we lose taste for order and neatness in dress, we virtually leave the truth; for the truth never degrades but elevates. {CG 419.6}

By dressing modestly, we have more influence and power in our witness

Should we dress in plain, modest apparel without reference to the fashions; . . . it would show the sanctifying power of the truth, and would have a telling influence upon unbelievers. {CD 90.2}

By modesty in dress and circumspect deportment they may bear witness to the truth in its simplicity..--WM 157 (1908).{DG 150.3}

All who now plead for souls should in their dress and deportment carry the modesty and marks of the Lord Jesus. {DG 158.1}

Let us dress in such a modest, becoming way that we will be received wherever we go. Jewelry and expensive dress will not give us influence, but the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit--the result of devotion to the service of Christ--will give us power with God. Manuscript 83, 1909. {3SM 248.4}

Some argue that by uniting with worldlings and conforming to their customs, Christians might exert a stronger influence in the world. But all who pursue this course thereby separate from the source of their strength. Becoming friends of the world, they are the enemies of God. {ST, July 13, 1882 par. 20}

We are a godly example to others when we dress modestly

[The youth should] shun the follies of the world, its vanity, its pride, and would adorn the body with modest apparel, and set an example to all around them. {MYP 127.2}

Our influence is 10 times stronger when we dress immodestly!

The natural heart is ever pleading in favor of worldly customs, and any influence tells with tenfold power when exerted in the wrong direction. {4T 638.4}

Prideful and immodest clothing is dangerous to our spirituality

The love of dress endangers the morals and makes woman the opposite of the Christian lady, characterized by modesty and sobriety. {CG 416.4}