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every where, lifting up holy hands” — Notice —

“without wrath and doubting,” that is, without

anger and without unbelief. So we find here

that he's saying to us men that we are to be

holy; we are to live a holy life.

And then in verse 9 he says, “In like manner

also . . .” He's simply saying in verses 9 and 10

that the woman is also to be holy, but he

focuses upon her attire; in other words, a

woman’s attire has something to do with her

holiness. So God is warning here in these two

verses against excess, extravagance, and

sensuality. One writer put it like this: “the glory

of garments, the pride of gold, and the

elaboration of the hair.” He kind of summed

this up in this way. So in verses 9 and 10, the

issue of clothing is now brought up in the

context of holiness. He deals with the men in

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