Verse 6 Rooms; places. The subject of censure here is ostentation and parade, and excessive ambition. The language is not to be understood as condemning the just and proper distinctions of society, whether civil, social, or religious, as the whole tenor of the New Testament shows. In Luke 14:10, the honorable regard of our fellow-men, in the social intercourse of life, is represented as a good, and admirable directions are given to enable us to secure it.