QT 27 May 16, 1 Tim 2:8-10 (ESV), Kindness is a key attribute of our witness

1 Tim 2:8-10 (ESV) I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; 9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

NOTE: So men need to be kind and not argumentative, and women need to be modest and attracting attention through good works, and not external fixes. Both exhortations are for people to be kind in good works. We attract people to Christ not with argumentation or wealth or glamour, but through kindness and gentleness. In a culture and age, where arguments are more vitriolic and emotional, it should be easier  than ever to stand out as different by discussing things civilly and by kindness shown to the people we disagree with. I think Satan encourages the opposite, and his hold on this world is growing by this very change in culture that we are witnessing today. We are called to stand up and be different. Let us argue like Jesus did and not like the world does today.