There's tactic being used lately that goes something like this: whoever first quotes a scripture gets the high ground on it's use and meaning.

Thought this one up while studying IFC or FIC (Integrated Family Church, or Family Integrated Church).

Basically, I see a trend of things like the following:  You know you are going to propose that church members do something that is against what God has said on the matter.  So, you launch a theological preemptive strike by using, quoting... coopting the very scripture that denies you.

For instance... You are going to claim that outward appearance is actually important.  That the way you dress, or wear your hair is important.  That you ought to wear your hair thusly... or your attire should be such-n-such.

You also know that the Apostle Peter said exactly the opposite.  What do you do?  Why, you quote the Apostle Peter; but you do it first thereby stealing your opponents thunder, or the wind from their sails.

By bringing it out first, you deny your opponent.  You make their would-be powerful argument into nothing more than an "also ran" in the competition.  You turn their weapon into machinery of "he said - she said".  You claim the ground first, and you seize the high ground by way of the "First invocation" rule.

So, when you are about to prescribe a manner of attire, you should be quick to pointout that Peter said "Do not let it be a matter of attire, of dress, or braided hair, or whether or not you wear jewlry or makeup... But let it be the hidden man of the heart, the matter of a meek and quiet spirit which God highly values..."

See?  That way, you can connect the very attire being denied as though it were really some kind of special link to the very thing offered in it's place.  As though the one thing, while certainly not a gaurantee of godliness, is nevertheless, irrevocably linked to the real thing.

Thus, attire does not MAKE godliness, yet, nevertheless, it is directly linked to godliness.  Which is precisely what this scripture does.... NOT... say.