Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
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Gill's Exposition
Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning,.... Or that only and principally; let not that be solely or chiefly attended to, nor anxiously sought after, nor ever in order to allure and…
Barnes' Notes
Whose adorning - Whose ornament. The apostle refers here to a propensity which exists in the heart of woman to seek that which would be esteemed ornamental, or that which will appear well in the sight…
Adam Clarke
Whose adorning - Κοσμος. See the note on Heb 9:1, where the word κοσμος, world or ornament, is defined; and also the note on Gen 2:1.
Plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold - Plaiting the hair, and…
The apostle having treated of the duties of subjects to their sovereigns, and of servants to their masters, proceeds to explain the duty of husbands and wives.
I. Lest the Christian matrons should…
Cambridge Bible
that outward adorning of plaiting the hair So St Paul lays stress in 1Ti 2:9 on the "braided hair and gold and pearls" which were at the time conspicuous in the toilet of Greek and Roman women. The…
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