Reference: Spinning And Weaving
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SPINNING AND WEAVING
1. The raw material.
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No one sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old coat, for the patch breaks away from it, and the tear is made worse:
No one stitches a piece of undressed cloth on an old coat, otherwise the patch breaks away, the new from the old, and the tear is made worse:
Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. But as the tunic was seamless, woven right down in a single piece,
On a stated day Herod arrayed himself in royal robes, took his seat on the dais, and proceeded to harangue them.
and as he belonged to the same trade he stayed with them and they all worked together. (They were workers in leather by trade.)
even when I ran short, during my stay with you, I was no encumbrance to anybody, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my wants. Thus I kept myself, as I intend to keep myself, from being a burden to you in any way.