{
  "id": "MTOM-0104",
  "title": "Modesty Treated as Legalism",
  "slug": "modesty-treated-as-legalism",
  "url": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/modern-traditions-of-men/modesty-treated-as-legalism/",
  "category": "Holiness and Obedience",
  "severity": 3,
  "severity_label": "Level 3 - Serious doctrinal or moral error",
  "danger_type": "holiness_of_body_dismissed",
  "status": "full_depth_wave3_draft",
  "summary": "Legalism is real, but modesty is not legalism. Scripture speaks to the body, appearance, self-control, humility, and holiness.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "1 Tim 2:8-10",
    "1 Pet 3:3-4",
    "Rom 12:1-2",
    "1 Cor 6:19-20",
    "Titus 2:11-14"
  ],
  "key_terms": "aidos [modesty, shamefastness]; sophrosyne [self-control, sound-minded restraint]; soma [body]; hagios [holy]",
  "related_topics": [
    "dating-practices-copied-from-the-world",
    "true-holiness-is-regarded-as-legalism",
    "dumb-down-be-ye-holy-as-the-lord-is-holy-to-god-knows-we-are-only-human-lighten-up",
    "immoral-tv-and-movie-viewing"
  ],
  "wave": "Wave 3 - Salvation and Holiness Distortions",
  "translation_tooltips": "NET Bible local hover tooltips generated from local site data",
  "generated": "2026-06-12T15:29:20.200524+00:00"
}