“Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;”
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes — the warning against elaborate external adornment (kosmos exōthen, outward adornment) redirects attention from superficial beauty to inner character. The specific items mentioned—plaits of hair, gold ornaments, fine clothing—represented status markers in the Roman world.
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