Verse 3
3. Whose adorning The same principle is now extended to the ornamentation of the person; and though wives are directly addressed, the precept has a general application. Three specifications of the outward are mentioned, in which the real adorning should not be sought, and that not in forbidding, except as instruments of vanity, and as things in which they prided themselves. It is not said that gold should not be worn; but that the true adornment does not consist in that, but in something higher and better.
Plaiting the hair Braiding and wearing it in knots, and variously intertwining it. Ancient medals and sculptures exhibit excesses of this kind, and other ancient writers than Christian describe them.
Wearing of gold Golden ornaments, particularly such as are put round the head, neck, arm, leg, or finger.
Putting on of apparel For the gratification of pride and vanity.
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