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How to Make A Simple Tunic

In the beginning mankind ( Adam and Eve ) sinned and tried to cover their forms in a leaf apron. God saw this was NOT enough coverage and ..... in Genesis 3:21

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

God Himself placed Adam and Eve in a tunic / robe like garment. It is coverage past the privates, to the knees or there about and today with baggy pants underneath (God later gave men breeches as a under garment)

The Hebrew word for coat is Kethoneth ..
a shirt:—coat, garment, robe.

In truth, all godly men since Noah to Jesus have worn such a garment to cover their forms per the Lord's instruction and that ha never changed. In fact, Jesus is coming back in a tunic/robe per Revelation 19:13
And he was clothed with a vesture ( robe ) dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

**Today most ( even claimed believers) are disobeying God by showing off their forms in a sinful manner of clothing. The dress standards have followed the fallen culture NOT God's Holy Word.

Note: we do not wear biblical clothes to be closer to God or look religious. No, we wear biblical dress to obey Him because we are born of His Spirit!

Heb 5:9
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

This is a serious thing as our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit if you are born of God. 1 Cor 3

How should we cover it then? Remember clothing is a sin covering not a fashion statement.

I have various biblical articles to show men/women why (per scripture) is it obedient to wear such a garment vs today's unbiblical carnal cultural dress. You can see those articles at the end of this post.

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For this article, I want to focus on and show men how to make a simple low cost tunic like garment vs the ones I have seen online that are pricey and often have tapered fit or made of suspect materials that cling or are adorned. I made this one for $22 new or you can hunt at thrift stores ( I do that too ) and have done it for under $6 total.

Here is how I have found a simple & cheap way to make a tunic/robe garment for daily wear of a godly man.

I call it the Tunic Tube

1) Find a extra big, long, button up shirt that is plain and appropriate for the weather by you. ( short sleeves to the elbow is fine in a hot climate ) Something like this:

2) Buy a extra big men's t-shirt of the material you think will fit in your climate. I am in a warn climate now so I used a light weight breathing material. In a cold climate a thicker cotton t-shirt will do. I also like to cut the collar off,cut the sleeves short, I remove all the buttons but the top two and sew it closed. A post on that to come soon in the dress for men area.

3) cut the t-shirt under the arm pit area straight across

4) You will end up with a tube like material section like this

5) put your big button up shirt on and pull this section of material up past your feet up to your belt line. Use pins to fasten it at the front, sides and back belt loops. ( if you want to you can have the two pieces sewn together but I prefer this as I can easily remove it or adjust anytime.

6) Allow your button up shirt to hang over it and the material covers down to or past your knees making......
a tunic/robe like garment per scripture.

I find this works well as the goal from the garden of Eden to today is to cover our forms as a "sin covering". When I am out street preaching, wind and such can cause a long loose shirt to come up. I like it to go about to the knees for when you sit down and such. Also make sure your pant legs are big and loose and not tight legged from the knee down.

Here is a tunic shirt with extra fabric sewn on the bottom and it is the best option for some... IF... you can or have someone to sew for you. I use the tunic tube mostly these days.

With either tunic/robe like garment, I remain fully covered at all times. It also gives me maximum movement which I like as well.

I hope this simple tunic fix is a blessing to you men who desire to OBEY God. Yes you will be mocked and persecuted as we are told we will be if we live godly. ( 2 Tim 3;12 ) Also, we will not fit into the fashionable culture but that is exactly what God wants as a peculiar people. ( 1 Peter 2:9 )

Note:
I had a young brother of mine moving to cover in a tunic garment say it could be a great door opener as people will say why do you dress like that and then; we can preach the gospel to them!

Here is the link with articles on the theology of wearing a tunic to obey God that hardly anyone teaches on:

https://www.dontperish.com/bibleteaching/category/dress-for-christian-men

Here is another article on tunics and one on dress for ladies:

https://www.dontperish.com/titus-2--more/how-to-sew-a-mans-tunic

https://www.dontperish.com/for-women/category/clothing

See the gospel below then strive to obey God in all your ways.

Men feel free to email me your suggestions, improvements or challenges on this simple but biblical tunic garment?

May God be glorified

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Biblical Dress for Men Is a Tunic or Robe

In my latest teaching audio, ( being more convicted on this issue in 2019 ) I discuss what is biblical dress for men.
Sadly, most claimed believing men ignore this as they conform to the fallen culture. But God has instructed and ordained how a godly man should dress, starting in the garden in Genesis 3 and it has NEVER changed. Listen and be blessed.

See a post on the sisters blog about how to sew one:
https://titus24sisters.blogspot.com/2020/04/sewing-tunics.html

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Dress For Christian Men

Today's religious places and denominations of man are more often following the culture then God's Holy Word. One example is: look at how they dress and conduct themselves in this vile culture. Having said that, it seems there is little out there on teachings for biblical dress for Christians. Oh, there is more on biblical dress for ladies but not much on how should a born again Christian man dress for God's glory and it is important, so we need to cover it.

( God does care how we dress as he placed Adam and Eve in long loose clothes after they sinned!)

In the past, we have covered in depth the aspect of why we wear clothes and dress for Christian ladies and you can go here to read all about the theology of it with scriptures and all.

http://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/search/label/APPAREL

What we teach for ladies is what God's Word commands for them. A long loose dress that hides their form and is NOT adorned with things to draw attention to them.

Read Genesis 3:21 and see that God covered men and ladies in tunic like robes and we ask when did that ever change?

( look at the Hebrew word it means a tunic or robe )

As we show in the articles, scripture commands ladies dress this way. It is also true for some reason, God does not state specifically on dress for men in the NT word. So in order to teach on men's dress rather then make up our own rules, we need to see the spirit of why God clothed humans, what is consistent with His holiness and what pleases Him.

This is a serious thing as our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit if you are born of God. 1 Cor 3

How should we cover it then?

This article link below talks about the differences between man and woman in the area of dress and it shines light on how men should dress today using scripture.

http://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/2014/10/biblical-apparel-does-gods-word-teach.html

For this article, I will not post all the scripture ( see our articles for that ) but I simply want to just show via some graphic's / pictures to help guide us in what is good and pure

( Philippians 4:8 ) for God's men in their dress. Perhaps these pictures will help show us men how to put on our clothes to better serve and represent a Holy God. ( He always called out Israel in such ways didn't He and he still is concerned about our dress today? )

Note: before reading on in this article, the link below would ground you in the theology of clothes/why we even wear them?

http://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/2014/09/why-do-we-wear-clothes.html

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Next, for many in the world / man made religion, this is dressed up but I ask, is it godly?

The answer is no it is not as it is tight, form showing and it says look at me via its fashion!

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How about a simple button up long sleeve shirt, is this biblical?

No it is not as it is tight and shows off the form that God intended to cover.

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A better biblical option would be a loose button up long sleeve shirt shown below with a dded under layer for length. Notice the length so it covers the private parts of a man? This meets the spirit of the robe/tunic God covered man in the garden and through out the ages.

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How about pants / jeans that we wear under the tunic. The style common today is tight leg skinny jean. Are these bibilical?

No, as they again show off the human form that clothes are meant to hide due to our sin.

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Compare those skinny jeans to a loose pair that hide the form below. Hopefully your getting the point now? With loose clothes there is NO human form to look at only fabric and that is biblical!

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Here is a typical shirt below many men will wear in a warm climate, yet is it biblical?

No, it is not as not only does it allow your form to be shown it is adorned ( in this case with a sports number or player ) By wearing this your approving of a worldly thing ( sports ) and saying look at my chest and arms.

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Compare the above brightly adorned cut off sports shirt with a plain long loose button up shirt that meets the spirit of God covering up a mans form.

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As I said, many are caught up in the wearing of things that promote or highlight things of the fallen world and by placing them your body as a believer you are adorning your temple. Did you know your body is THE temple of God today if your born of Him? ( see 1 Corinthians 6:19 ) So if God built a temple today, would you go there and toss sports flag or jersey on it? I think not! This is NOT biblical dress for your temple ( see our teaching blog for articles on why the NFL/sports are ungodly.)

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We have covered that means dress should be loose and long enough to cover private areas and we touched on putting things on your clothes as well. How about the adorning issue? The biblical teaches ladies to NOT adorn in 1 Peter 3. Why would we put anything on our temples besides a plain colored fabric. Here is a man (who is a modern pastor) and it shows the things he would wear and show to the world. Is this biblical, good and godly or adorned to make people notice him?

No it is NOT biblical and while it comes close to meeting the loose and long spirit of God's Word for clothes, it is adorned to make a dumb statement frankly! Would Paul or Jesus wear this to gain attention? Please say no they would not proving you really know who and what they were, holy in all their ways!

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Adorning comes in all kinds of forms. Now sometimes adorning could serve a purpose and this becomes more difficult to discern. ( Like safety orange or if you going into the woods to harvest a deer to feed your family, a camo shirt to blend in may be just fine. But ask yourself, is the camo fine for covering your temple going out into the world to bee sen by others? I myself do not think so if the goal is to NOT draw attention to yourself and dress biblically.

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Let's face it, plain means plain. Unadorned means NO adorning. You may need to pray about this but I have decided I will only cover my temple with plain clothes, though I once did adorn myself up. You may say, oh Jim your a legal-ist as plaid is just fine. Really?

The bigger issue is not just the plaid but what plaid leads to.

Let me explain.

If a Christian dad says I am ok wearing plaid, his sons sees it and says well, then I can wear strips then. The sister sees the stripes and says well then I can wear flowers then. The mom sees it all and says, I am ok with words on my zebra blouse covering my chest. Do you see the issue? The Christian dad has made a bad example and he has NO way to properly instruct them back to unadorned ways as, he is a hypocrite. Think it through will you and when in doubt land on God's side of the fence, not your flesh.

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The next area to cover is the addition of things to our dress and what is says about us in Christ.

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Not long ago we were out west and many claimed Christian men and ladies wear these big bright belt buckles to adorn themselves. These things are placed right near "their privates" as they wear tight jeans and the goal is what, "to draw peoples attention". This is NOT good or godly at all! It is a worldly ungodly tradition that God calls His people out of. While these may seem out there if your not a cowboy, is it really any different when men are wearing jewelry or a flashy anything on their temple to adorn it? No it is the same really.

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Another example would be the habit of placing patriotic or other things on your chest that peoples eyes are drawn to. Why would we as believers want to draw others peoples eyes ( beyond a spouse ) to our body parts? This is NOT godly or biblical. ( see our teaching blog on why patriotism is idolatry )

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Even the simple thing of a favorite farm hat takes you down the path of :

1) Hanging worldly things on the temple of God and

2 ) You have NO way to tell another brother his more serious adorning ways that they are wrong. We are called to walk blameless before God and that can't be done when we bend corners to please the flesh and be like the world.

Note: a hat for protection ( cold or sun ) can be worn at times but it should not be one that adorns the temple of God! It is always to be removed for prayer or preaching per 1 Cor 11

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So we have covered that we men should wear long ( private covering ) loose unadorned clothes at all times when around others. Obviously we can relax those covered standards around a married partner or when we are alone in our homes. (Adorning is never a good or godly on your temple.) This keeps us in what the Word commands us to be, holy ( set apart for God) in all our ways. see 1 Peter 1:15

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Finally what we see a lot of as we preach the gospel all over the country is situational dressing.
Example modern pastors say:
You ladies better wear a dress to the knee ( a man made Baptist standard ) to Sunday meeting but then, they go out into the world and they wear short shorts, tight jeans or go to the beach biblically naked in lewd swimsuits and all is good. I have asked hundreds of modern pastors, is God not out in the world and on the beach too? NOT ONE has ever answered me biblically on this. What more proof do you need they are feminized, unbiblical and hypocrites? I even see church groups covering up ladies for their meetings ( so men/boys can't see them to lust I guess ) then they go and have pool parties all together! Yes it is sad but very true today.

If we claim God and His Word, we are to cover our temples at all times in public, this includes NOT dressing ungodly at the beach (should Chrisians even go there when others are naked around), the gym (should a Christian go to the gym where others are not dressed either), when running, when cutting grass or any other area when we are in the public eye. Denying your flesh when it is 100 degrees out and NOT putting on cut off shirts or small shorts is part of a persons Romans 12 daily living sacrifice (worship ) to God. I know all about this as I hate the heat and I once took of my clothes as it got hotter. Now, I kill my flesh and I adjust my ways to serve God in purity and as I do sweat, it reminds me of who I am in Christ and how He has changed my heart them my outsides.

( Going to the gym or beach to be undressed or to see the undressed is NOT godly men! )

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Sadly even many groups like the Ind Baptist, Mennonites or other anabaptist's ( who are tough on ladies dress ) think this picture is a biblical dress for men but it is not. It fails the loose/non form showing/hiding private areas aspects of godly dress. ( in person this is especially easy to see it is NOT biblically at all as mens pants and shirts are very often far too tight on then and all tucked in to show off their forms )

In closing , God's Holy Word does not say men are to wear a robe as some will tell me to do. It just does not say it for men as it does for the ladies. ( see our articles with scripture) And I am not saying you need to wear a robe either. What I am saying is we men who claim new life in Him are compelled to meet the spirit of what God intended in clothes going all the way back to Adam.

Loose, private covering, unadorned, plain clothes

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This picture would be the example of a "spirit meeting proper biblical covering" for men per God's Word.

God covered people in long loose garments in Genesis ( tunic like ) so when did that ever change we ask again????

Since God gave us men no direct command on dress in the NT Word, this example above meets the spirit of God's instruction in holiness for His people and their clothes in the bible.

Loose, private covering, unadorned, plain clothes liken to a tunic/robe.

Note: It would be very hypocritical of me or you to instruct our wives to wear biblical clothing if we disregard the topic and dress as we please.

God hates hypocrisy does he not?

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In the end, you do wear clothes right?

Why?

God gave mankind clothes as a sin covering, correct?

Now ask yourself;

am I obedient and holy in what clothes I am wearing today?

(or have you followed the culture into the gutter of carnality and nakedness )

If your saying wow bro Jim, I will be very different from the world and all the others around me if I adopt these dress standards.

Now men, you are getting the point! smiles...

( God always calls His people out for Himself )

Fact: Man made demnominational religion will NOT touch these subjects for men and ladies as it will empty their building they strive to fill up with itchy eared folks to keep the offering plate full. I love you enough to tell the truth, no matter the cost.

So I as in love, how is your worship of God doing in the area of your dress and clothes Christian men?

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Let me know how I can help you?

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Why Do We Christian Men Dress as We Do?

Many people believe dress is NOT important to God but it is indeed part of a godly biblical man or woman's life not to be ignored, lest we are in sin. The bible clearly teaches on this. We have many detailed articles on biblical dress for men and women so please see the links at the end of this article for those.

This is a serious thing as our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit if you are born of God. 1 Cor 3

How should we cover it then?

This article is just to cover in a brief bullet point way, why we Christian men dress as we do so you can learn to do it and defend it biblically when asked. Here we go:

1) God clothed Adam and eve in skins to cover their forms in Genesis 3. (What Adam/ Eve made (aprons) were NOT appropriate to God )

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. Genesis 3:21

2) God forbid men and women clothing themselves the same.

The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment:for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

Dueteronomy 22:5

3) It was God who instructed breeches for men/priests (later they became pants in cultures) not for women.

And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: Exodus 28:42

4) Men also wore robe like garments to hide their forms with breeches underneath as a second covering. (those became pants later in culture)

We see many verses in scripture that show men wore britches (Exodus 28:42; Exodus 39:27-28; Leviticus 6:10; Leviticus 16:4; Ezekiel 44:18 and men girded their loins. That meant to tuck their coat/robe into their belt (what they called a girdle) and they could do that because they wore britches underneath. Job 38:3 This left their legs unhindered for work.... but still covered.

5) It was God who instructed long robes / dresses for ladies

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

1 Timothy 2

( apparel is a long flowing dress in the Greek )

6) Men are to be the example to the ladies and youth so they too should were a loose robe like garment over pants to cover their privates/forms.

Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.

1 Peter 5:3

7) Read Revelation and see the future has saints in robes!

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Rev 7:14

Robe like garments are part of God's Holy people!!!

In the beginning mankind ( Adam and Eve ) sinned and tried to cover their forms in a leaf apron. God saw this was NOT enough coverage and ..... in Genesis 3:21
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

God Himself placed Adam and Eve in a tunic / robe like garment
( to the knees or beyond )

The Hebrew word for coat is Kethoneth ..
a shirt:—coat, tunic, robe.

In truth, all godly men since Noah to Jesus have worn such a garment to cover their forms per the Lord's instruction and that ha never changed. In fact, Jesus is coming back in a tunic/robe per Revelation 19:13
And he was clothed with a vesture ( robe ) dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

**Today most ( even claimed believers) are disobeying God by showing off their forms in a sinful manner of clothing. The dress standards have followed the fallen culture NOT God's Holy Word.
Note: we do not wear biblical clothes to be closer to God or look religious. No, we wear biblical dress to obey Him because we are born of Him!

Heb 5:9
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

Next,
how can we men tell our ladies to cover their forms in loose long dresses, as we show off ours in tight pants and tucked in shirts????

Having said all of that lets look at a example of a unbiblical way to dress that does NOT meet the spirit of God's Word.

This is a Independent Baptist dress that clearly shows off a mans form so it is sinful!!!!

Here is a example of a biblical godly dress for a man.

It shows that he has his form covered with a loose longer tunic garment to hide his private parts with loose pants (once breeches) underneath for a second covering. This indeed meets the spirit of God's Word for dress on a God fearing man.