“To Wear Very Costly Apparel”
Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet
Here was an obvious sign of his apostasy, an evidence that his heart was impure. “Costly apparel” is symbolic of submission to the world’s standards, an acquiescence to the allurements of appearance.
Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 3
References
Alma 1:5–6
