Are Christian women neglecting the command for head-coverings in church? Some consider this section of Scripture as completely cultural and identify all parts as the custom of contention (1 Cor 11:16). However, Christians cannot avoid that the apostle Paul commanded that Christians must maintain tradition just as delivered to them (1 Cor 11:2). Many believe that 1 Corinthians 11 teaches that women must wear cloth coverings hanging over their heads when practicing their faith around men. The interpretations of this passage vary among believers concerning whether the covering is spiritual, garment, or hair. This study draws observations from the Scriptures with consideration of historical background.
Covering and Glory
Long hair is the only covering that Paul specifically mentioned in 1 Corinthians 11. However, some women may not have long hair and need another covering. The text reveals, “But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering” (1 Cor 11:15). Verses 6 and 7 use the Greek word katakalupto, which literally means “to cover downward” (Gingrich and Danker’s lexicon, BDAG). A woman’s head being uncovered was the same personal shame as having her hair sheared or shaved (1 Cor 11:4–6).
Starting from verse 4, this passage is about what will personally shame the woman’s head. Verse 5 indicates that a personal shame for a woman to shear or shave her head. As other scriptures explain, the woman who elaborately arranged her hair uncovered her head and disregarded her God-given glory and God’s headship. Having long hair is a God-given glory to the woman (1 Cor 11:15). The Scriptures teach that the Christian woman should cover her head in subordination to God’s order of headship and thereby glorify God, Christ, and man (1 Cor 11:3–6). God made male and female in His image and yet He has given each a different glory. “Woman is the glory of man” because man is the “glory of God” (1 Cor 11:7).
Humility, Modesty, and Hair
The woman who washed Jesus’s feet demonstrated how a woman letting her hair down was an act of humility (Luke 7:36–50; cf. Matt 28:9). Lazarus’s sister, Mary of Bethany, demonstrated humility by wiping Jesus’s feet with her hair and anointing him with oil in preparation for his burial (John 12:1–8). In the Journal of Biblical Literature, Charles Cosgrove cited numerous ancient sources depicting how women let their hair down as an act of humility within the Greco-Roman and Jewish societies.[1]
Both Paul and Peter instructed modesty and humility among women in 1 Corinthians 11. In 1 Peter 3:1–6, Peter also applied caution to the external decorating of hair and clothing where a woman’s adornment must exist within her heart. Peter explained, “Your adornment must not be merely external — braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God” (1 Pet 3:3–4 NASB). The braiding of hair appears to mean putting up the hair against the head rather than hanging and covering the head. This practice of braiding with gold and peals demonstrated a lack of humility and modesty.
In Backgrounds of Early Christianity, Ferguson noted,
Portrait sculpture of the Flavian period gives specificity to the type of hairstyles and jewelry forbidden in 1 Timothy 2:9 and 1 Peter 3:3. The braiding of the hair was very elaborate and ostentatious, quite unlike the simple braid of modern times. The items mentioned in the biblical texts were characteristic of the wealthy upper classes and those who imitated them.[2]
God also instructed the Christian women in 1 Timothy 2:9–10, “Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided [woven] hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.” The apostle Paul described elaborately adorned hair as immodest, insubordinate, and not proper for a woman’s claim to godliness. The immodest women in the church at Corinth most probably had put their hair up and probably elaborately adorned their hair woven with gold and pearls demonstrating immodesty, wealth, and authority that was not proper in the church.[3]
Headship and Head-Covering
By not letting their hair hang down, women dishonored God’s headship by dishonoring the man who is head of woman. This headship is not dominance of one over another, but this is like God’s headship to Christ and Christ’s headship to man. Headship implied servant leadership (Mark 10:42–45). Christ led by service, and so men are to lead women by service. By elaborately braiding and adorning hair with gold and pearls, women behaved or appeared as wealthy and immodest, and thus some women exercised authority over men. Thereby, they appeared to reject the man’s God-given instruction to lead and teach because God created man first for this purpose (1 Tim 2:13–14; cf. 1 Cor 11:3, 7–9).
In the Greco-Roman world, the custom for powerful women of authority was to braid their hair with gold and pearls and dress as though higher than others. Pagan women in this time led worship to Diana and Dionysus, and thus women exercised power and influence through the cults.[4] Among the churches, some women arranged and adorned their hair with gold and pearls, and they did not let their long hair hang down to show the God-given glory of woman and the glory of man in woman (1 Cor 11:7, 15). The apostles taught that a woman’s hair was to demonstrate modesty and humility to glorify her God-given glory of man and God’s headship. However, the shame of a woman cutting her hair short was her personal shame. The Greek word for this “shame” is kataischuno appearing in verses 4 and 5, and this word specifically refers to a personal shame or humiliation among people. This word also appears in 1 Corinthians 11:22 where those who partook of the Lord’s Supper without waiting for other Christians were trying to humiliate and shame them (cf. 1 Cor 1:27).
Custom and Contention
The context of 1 Corinthians 11 is that a Christian is not to offend another’s conscience with one’s liberty (1 Cor 10:23–33). The message is a matter of modesty between men and women under the headship of God and Christ. Christian women must display Godly principles of modesty and humility even in dress. Women are not to shame their heads with claims of authority or shame of cutting her hair short. These Scriptures guide Christians to present God’s headship as God is head of Christ, Christ is head of man, and man is head of woman. Christians should remain considerate of demonstrating humility and modesty.
Because of contention, the apostle Paul affirmed that the churches of God have no such custom of women praying with their heads uncovered (1 Cor 11:13–16). Christians must avoid contention over customs. In 1 Corinthians 11:13, Paul expressed, “Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?” (NASB). The use of the word “proper” indicates whatever is for modesty and to respect authority. That same Greek word for “proper” also appears in 1 Timothy 2 to a related matter. In 1 Timothy 2:10, Paul revealed what is proper that Christian women are to adorn themselves with good works “as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.” The translators interpret “proper” from the Greek word prepo meaning “becoming,” “appropriate,” or “fitting” (Matt 3:15; Eph 5:3; Titus 2:1; Heb 2:10; 7:26). Therefore, these Christian women were to pray with their hair hanging to cover their heads as is proper and fitting for demonstrating the headship that God established. In this setting, these Christian women were to allow their hair to hang down in humility because long hair is a God-given covering and glory. In other words, women are to maintain feminine appearance especially in how they keep their hair.
Nature reveals that men and women differ in their pattern of hair. The apostle Paul exhorted, “Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered? Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him, but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering” (1 Cor 11:13–15). The apostle Paul observed that long hair for a man and cropped hair for a woman is a “disgrace” according to nature. Nature as God’s created order affects customs and culture despite society’s resistance.
Coffman’s Commentary
Furthermore, consider the insight of James B Coffman who comments upon a woman’s hair as her covering:
Verse 4
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.
Having his head covered…
Here is where the misunderstanding of this passage begins. This clause, as rendered in the popular versions, is commentary, not Bible. As Echols noted:
“Having his head covered” is a commentary, not a translation. Lenski translated the sense correctly: “having something down from his head.” What the “something” is is neither stated nor implied in 1 Corinthians 11:4.
The logical understanding of this would refer it to “long hair,” being long enough to hang down from the head, as clearly indicated by the apostles’ words a moment later: “If a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him” (1 Corinthians 11:14).
The ancients accepted Paul’s dictum on this and went so far as to define the length of hair that was considered an infraction of Paul’s words.
“The hair of the head may not grow so long as to come down and interfere with the eyes … cropping is to be adopted … let not twisted locks hang far down from the head, gliding into womanish ringlets.”
Significantly, the words “hang far down” strongly resemble Paul’s words “having something down from his head.” The above is from Clement of Alexandria and was written in the second century.[5]
However, some may ask about verses 5–6. These verses seem to imply that not covering with a garment is like a woman’s hair being sheared or shaved. Paul is simply affirming that short hair and hair drawn up on the head is the same as a cropped or shaved head. A literal translation is:
Every woman praying or prophesying with head uncovered disgraces her head; for this is also one and the same as being shaved. For if the woman is not covered, she must also become sheared; and if this is a disgrace to the woman to become sheared or shaved, she must remain covered. (1 Cor 11:5–6)
Coffman noted,
If Paul meant “hair,” why did he use the word “covered”? The answer is that in the vocabulary of the Old Testament “to uncover the head” was to shave off the hair. When Nadab and Abihu sinned (Leviticus 10:1ff), God commanded Aaron not to “uncover his head” in mourning at their death; and this meant not to cut off his hair (the customary sign of mourning). Job shaved his head when he learned his children were dead (Job 1:20). Many examples of this usage could be cited.[6]
“If it is a shame to a woman to be cropped or shaven, let her be covered” in verse 6 clearly refers to a covering of hair as seen in 1 Corinthians 11:15, “And if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her long hair is given to her for a covering.”
Because of the Angels
What about verse 10’s reference to angels: “because of the angels”? Verse 10 is referring to authority. This scripture shows how women should have authority on their heads. The woman who prophesies also receives revelation from God through angels to prophesy and angels also deliver prayers (Heb 2:2; Rev 1:1; 8:3–4). This instruction has to do with the woman’s service in prayer and teaching before God. She is to serve with apparent respect and modesty. Therefore, “every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head” (1 Cor 11:5).
By not covering her head, the Christian woman dishonors herself being that God created her as the glory of man and in the image of God. Paul revealed, “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God” (1 Cor 11:3). The woman is subordinating to the man by her modesty and covering. Her hair hanging down is her glory for she is the glory of man. This is how the Christian woman honors the headship of God, Christ, and man.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Charles Cosgrove, “A Woman’s Unbound Hair,” JBL 124 (2005): 675–92.
- Everett Ferguson, Backgrounds of Early Christianity, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003) 97.”
- Ferguson reported, “In which cultures in the first centuries women wore veils in public, in what numbers, and with what significance are not perfectly clear now. Jewish sources rather uniformly call for women to be veiled in public, but Greek and Roman sources are mixed in their evidence. In classical Greece the veil was worn outside the house by women who had reached sexual maturity — married and young women of marriageable age, and Jewish sources may be read the same way. In depictions in a Greek wedding, the bride lifts her veil to her husband. A Roman woman on her wedding day was a given a red veil. Statuary makes clear that the Greco-Roman veil was the top of the garment pulled over the head; one should not think of the modern Arabic and Islamic veil that covers most of the face as well as the head. In Roman religion the men as well as women were veiled when offering a sacrifice. The Jewish custom for men to cover their heads when praying and studying the law is later than New Testament times” (97).
- Bruce Morton, Deceiving Winds, (Nashville: 21st Century Christian, 2009).
- James Burton Coffman, “Commentary on 1 Corinthians 11.” Coffman Commentaries on the Old and New Testament, <www.studylight.org/commentaries/bcc/1-corinthians-11.html> (Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, TX) 1983-1999.
- Ibid.
- Coffman perceived, “With her head unveiled…
The word here rendered ‘unveiled’ is [Greek: akatakaluptos]. ‘There is no intrinsic meaning in this word which suggests either the covering material or the object covered; it is simply a general word.’ (See under 1 Corinthians 11:15.) Only in 1 Cor. 11:15 does Paul mention any kind of garment ([Greek: peribolaion]) and even there he stated that the woman’s hair took the place of it. [Katakaluptos] means covered completely. [Akatakaluptos] means not completely covered. Thus again, the passage falls short of mentioning any kind of garment. To suppose that Paul here meant ‘mantle’ or ‘veil’ or any such thing is to import into this text what is not in it. We have seen that he was speaking of ‘hair’ in 1 Cor. 11:4; and that is exactly what he is speaking of here. ‘Not completely covered’ would then refer to the disgraceful conduct of the Corinthian women in cropping their hair, after the manner of the notorious Corinthian prostitutes; which, if they did it, was exactly the same kind of disgrace as if they had shaved their heads. It is crystal clear that Paul is not speaking of any kind of garment; because he said in 1 Cor. 11:15, below, ‘For her hair is given her instead of a covering.'”
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God’s Word (principle) is not culture specific, it should be applicable to all cultures and peoples. Else, the bible would have to be rewritten to cater for our ever changing culture and believe system. So, what principle(s) is the Holy Spirit ,through Apostle Paul’s writing, trying to teach the church?
In my opinion, there are two broad issues here:
1. Authority or right to lead worship.
2. Reflection of Glory
A man is the head (In the order of things as set by God, the man is to provide spiritual leadership in the home) of the home, and the church is an aggregation of many homes. So when we come together to worship the man has the authority to lead and if for any reasons whatsoever a woman is to lead it must be with the consent (release of authority) of the man. The man is this case could be a father or an husband. It is the same for the man; when a man is to lead a (public) worship service, he must do it with the authority delegated to him by Christ. Everything must point back to Christ, it is about orderliness.
A female can lead worship, even start a denomination, but it must be done under received/delegated authority and this authority must be from a man. Come to think of it, Christ is a man. The source of a woman’s authority to lead public worship must be traceable to a man.
Women (and men) who lead in the things of God are expected to be model of appropriateness in their way of life and this includes their physical appearance. The question then is who defines propriety? This varies from society to society but one thing we must all agree on is that it must not be left to the “world”. Let us narrow this down to dressing including the covering of hair and i asked the following questions:
Why was a woman given a longer hair than a man?
Did Adam and Eve worship God with coverings on their head?
Where did the culture of women covering their head and men wearing cap start from and what does it signify? Is it just a fashion thing?
My opinion is this; a man’s glory is Christ and he must reflect this in worship by not covering his head with anything. The woman’s hair is her glory and this must be covered in worship so that the woman may not reflect her personal glory but the glory of Christ. This covering is achieved by using something suitable to cover the hair.
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Not ever women has long hair , Africans there hair is cool it shrinks it be 20 inch’s but only look like 6 inch of hair, Africans also wear braids to protect there hair .
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They have the hair God gave them. No one can by taking thought cause hair to grow one millimetre.
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The Bible is plain that women are not to take or be given the preeminence over men. Change agents cite Deborah. She was made judge (deliverer) in a very low period in Israel. Men were so weak that the chief captain of the armies of Israel, Barak, would not go to war without Deborah present at the battlefield.
If a Christian woman is married to an infidel, she is compelled to guide the children in the faith as an infidel father cannot guide his children in faith in Christ as he either doesn’t know what it is or he has contempt for Christ.
I have known of one congregation composed entirely of Christian women. No Christian men were present. On occasion an evangelist (usually an elder or deacon from elsewhere) would visit to help them out. The rest of the time the women conducted the services.
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In these times all we need to do is have our hearts mind and soul clean before God, because custom, tradition, and life style won’t be of any good. The bible says that Jesus is the only way, so we need to seek Him so we can honour God whole heartedly. It’s not of works or any thing else we can do to be save from the judgment to come, salvation is by faith through grace of God. Why I am saying this is because there is many women in this world that there hair does not grow out long to hang over there shoulders, and there are women’s that have cancer and they loose all there hair. So what shall we say about that? They cannot go before God to honour Him, or they are a shame to there husband? No I don’t believe that God looks at the heart then he wants your mind and your soul. That is why he send Jesus the only perfect One that could save us from our sins. Nothing else can save us. So let us set our minds on JESUS CHRIST.
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Some believe that a woman should not even trim their hair. No where does it say that. Define “long” hair anyhow. My hair has been long for years, but I do trim it. Jesus Christ is our covering and these scriptures were based on the church of Corinthians where you could tell them apart. Men were growing long hair and women were shaving their heads and they were all having orgies and sleeping with same sex…. this was why the apostle addressed that church. Really folks, quit taking things out of context.
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Long hair is hanging hair as the above scriptures indicate. If you think that I am decided or not about hair, I do not know. I do know that women with long hair are blessed by God.
You make some assertions about the church at Corinth. However, these Christians appear to have repented from homosexuality (1 Cor 6:9–10). Yes, there was at least one among them who did fornicate (1 Cor 5). Furthermore, I do not read of their men having long hair. However, the women appear to have put their hair up or possibly cropped their hair.
My objective was to provide the facts and you honestly consider and decide no matter the consequence of following God.
Thank you for your comment.
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With all respect, all you said is an assumption; no one knows why Paul wrote what he wrote other than he is discussing an ordinance (1 Cor. 11:2); this concerns headship; and this was a practice in all the churches (1 Cor. 11:16). The historians contradict themselves on the culture of Corinth at the time Paul wrote. Many commentators apply the culture to Corinth which was 100 years before Paul’s visit to try to get behind what Paul said and “get rid of it.” When Paul wrote, Corinth was a Roman Colony with Roman influence, mixed with some Jews and of course Gentiles from the area.
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Thank you .The word “cover” is used with a different meaning a few times. Using a Strong’s concordance, you will see that it is talking about hair. A woman’s covering is her long hair.
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A woman’s natural every day covering is her long hair; the covering to be worn when praying or prophesying is a veil or artificial cloth. Simply read 1st Corinthians 11:5,6 and see how Paul compares the shame of not wearing a veil to a woman cutting her hair off short or shaving her head. The language used “theh same as” (depending on version) “as if” tells us this is a comparison. Also, the Greek words used in verses 4-10, 13 are different than the Greek word used in v. 15 for hair. The Greek word used in reference to long hair as a covering is a noun. The Greek word used to describe the covering to be worn when praying or prophesying is a verb. Verbs describe action, i.e. the action on putting on a veil or covering to pray or prophesy or the act of removing it when not praying or prophesying. Also, check the American Standard version of the Bible, The Revised Standard version, the New Revised Standard version of the Bible and they all say veil. Are we smarter than the translators? For 30 years as a gospel preacher I stood opposed to the covering on women in worship. I studied the text carefully after receiving several question about the matter. What I found in my study was eye-opening to say the least. I know that it is not the most popular position and I’m sure preachers have lost many meeting opportunities because of their belief, but I don’t care about popularity. I care only for the truth. The truth is very clear, but people have blinders on and do not want to see it. The covering for praying or prophesying is not hair only. Even if it was, it is evident that we would have another issue: Getting women to grow their hair out and getting away from these Tom Boy haircuts. Let me be clear: I believe a woman ought to cover her head in public worship per 1st Corinthains 11:5-10,13). I also believe a man ought to have short hair and a woman should wear long hair in accordance with nature which God has set in order and Paul has endorsed in his comparsion to the veil covering. (1st Corinthians 11:14,15). May we all open our eyes and stop looking for excuses to avoid and ignore obeying all that Christ has commanded in the New Covenant (1st Corinthians 11:2;-16; 14:37).
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I don’t claim to be smarter than those translators, yet I think my proposal (now more meekly worded than all my old comments which I wish deleted) makes more sense to me than a veil or cloth “on her head” if that head is understood as verse 3 clearly states: the head of a wife is her husband. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByQjy5qiEh2XcXY2UDN0ZEdUaEk/view
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thank you very much for trying to explain this concept. but I want to ask, do you mean that every man in this world must have short hair in order to please his head (Christ) ? what of men who has long hair naturally, did Christ himself shaved his hair while ministering in the synagogue? is God so much interested in our hair, can a Christian be justified by customs and traditions?
I’m a Nigerian and the atmospheric conditions here cannot allow me keep a long hair as man. that’s understandable. but if I see an American man with a long hair, has dat American man sin or dishonor Christ because of her natural hair? pls pls explain with clarity. thanks
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Christians are not justified by customs and traditions but by faith. However, verse 15 teaches that a man is naturally to have short hair. I find that this passage indicates that Jesus kept short hair and not that He shaved His head. The custom was praying with the head uncovered for which Christians are not to be contentious (1 Cor 11:16).
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I suppose that if the long hair is the covering than it logically(?) follows that a woman only needs to wear(?!) her long hair while she is praying or prophesying otherwise she can take her long hair off. Or that, as the passage states, if it is a shame for her to have short hair, (be uncovered) all she has to do to avoid this shame is to cut her hair. (verses 5 and 6) Also an illogical argument. For these reasons no sincere person can deny the fact that Paul is not talking about long hair, he is talking about covering the fallen glory of man, the woman’s hair, and bringing her head under the subjection of godly authority.
19th century to present reflect these changes in Evangelical churches and general society; Women’s rights, dropping of the practice of the headship veiling, divorce and remarriage, sexual revolution, women pastors, confusion about the roles of men and women in society and homosexuality. Just like Baptism and Communion play a physical role in preserving spiritual truth, so the Headship Covering preserves important spiritual truth to do with God’s authority structure.
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Hello,
I do not want to get into a debate about what the scripture says. I only want to share my testimony. I am a married woman to one man. My husband is a godly man, leader, and father. He is not perfect, but loves God and His Word. We have been married for 16 years. I thought I was a godly wife. I am a stay at home mom. We choose to homeschool our children and honor God in all we say and do in our home. We have attended many denominations throughout our many moves through out our married life. I thought I was a godly, respectable wife.
My life changed when I started studying and meditating on Ephesians 5:22-33 or so. I always thought I was being respectful. The Holy Spirit revealed through God’s Word that I had a heart issue of true submission. Until this moment in time I was a product of feminisim. I didn’t think I was because I was married and to boot a stay at home mom. But I had to grapple with my heart of not truly submitting to the authority of my husband, and he is a godly, caring. supporitve, and excellent provider for our family. Why would I not submit to his authority? I had a heart issue that was deep rooted and hidden. I was haughty and unyeilding. I was not practicing my “glory” of being under the authority of my husband.
One day I came across a facebook post about head coverings. I could not stop thinking about the words of 1 Corinthians 11. Every thought I had seemed to go back to…. are you walking in authority and glory, or disobedience and shame? I wrestled with God over whether or not I was being called to obey, head cover or not to head cover. Trust and Obey for there is no other way to be happy in Jesus…. the simple song kept playing in my head. My first step to obeying was I asked my husband did he care if I head covered or not. I asked him to study scripture with me. He said he was not opposed to me either way. He wanted me to obey what the Lord was telling me. I had a moment of whoosh! I was off scott free, my husband did not have conviction. I was doing a happy dance. But the Holy Spirit would not stop convicting my heart. I love Jesus, I had to obey.
I will never forget the first time I head covered during our family devotions. I cried tears of shame. I cried because I was dying to my flesh. I had to explain to my children who were tweens, why I was all of sudden doing something so different. I covered at home for a while and now I obey and cover during worship. It is still hard to be the only person at worship to cover. It is truly a flesh dying experience every time. I have had to go through the whole what covering do I use, does it match? Will it mess up my hair? Will I distract other believers? Will I be made fun of? Will I have to tell people? Will I be accused of taking women back 100 years?
And every time I obey I am blessed. Every time I cover my head I honor God and my husband. Every time I cover my head I am walking in obedience. I do not go around preaching head covering. I am not evening telling my no teenage girls to cover, I had them search scripture, and what does God say to them. My husband still is not demanding that I cover my head. It is between me and God. My obedience has encouraged more obedience from him.
I appreciate all the scholars that have broken down scripture past transcripts and gone back to original text. The point is God was asking me to obey without understanding it. The Holy Spirit prompted my heart to obey and I wanted proof of what I am doing is right. It is right every time I cover my head because He told me too, not because someone agrees that I should cover. My prayer is that you will have true obedience in all of your hearts. Whether it is about head covering or anything he is telling you to obey, I encourage you, obey. Are you walking in the right position God has called you be?
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God bless you. God certainly needs more women who will put Him first in spite of the world calling them to take the headship over men. When men and women work God’s plan the family is stronger, society is stronger and God is glorified.
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I think you got that place wrong, lets start frm verse 4 and 5, and it says, every man praying or prophesying having his covered, dishonours his head, but every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head, for that is even all one if she were shaven, if you understand these places to mean hairs, then you are simply saying that any man that hav hairs on his head while praying or prophesying, dishonoures his head, that means that every man is a victim of that, but those places didnt mean hairs, they mean outer covering of hair with materials like scalf, veil, skul cap, face cap are allowed by man but a woman should cover her hairs with all that in praying or prophesying, lets run to verse 15, and it says, but if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to: for her hair is given her for a covering, so you see that this place to connectinn with praying and prophesying that paul talked about in verse 4and5, paul was trying to say, that a woman is permitted to do all other things with long hairs except in praying and prophesying, so women are cover their heads with not hairs but with eternal materials but they are allowed to have long hairs as their covering outside praying and prophesying,
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I appreciate your kind reply in correction. I reread 1 Corinthians 11 to reconsider and fairly think on your observation.
However, I think you missed that the hair as a covering is long for woman and is not the covering for the man, so that the man is to have short hair and thus his head is uncovered. There is no garment covering specified in the text; although, I can see someone implying it if they have short hair. Furthermore, 1 Timothy 2 and 1 Peter 3 indicate an immodest uncovering with braided hair of pearls and gold that should not uncover the head with God’s glory of long hair. I must add that long hair is a covering if a woman has long hair (1 Cor 11:15).
How do you perceive a change from praying and prophesying to everyday life? Do you see this starting in verse 7, 10, or 14? I can see that the Apostle does refer to hair in everyday life in verses 14-15, and that he applies the modesty and covering of hair for praying and prophesying.
I leave this for your further observations. I am willing to listen. Thank you for your gentle spirit.
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Heading Covering Prophetess Greetings in a he name of Jesus Christ several years after I excepted the Lord in my life an he truly saved me from my sin as I began to grow in him being born again wash in his blood an baptized in hs spirit transformed by the reunion of my mind I began a new creation speaking tongues of other languages as the Holi spirit gives utterance with an understanding of wisdom knowledge an deep revelation abiding in the vine an letting the holy spirit produce the fruit of the spirit an flowing in the gifts of the spirit through manifestation in the holy ghost laying hand or the sick healing restoring impartation breaking down satan kingdoms an lifting the name of Jesus☺As for the head covering I believes Apostle Paul wants us as an individual too think about this request it is upon you as you relationship with God an what is he say to you ☺Far as myself god has been dealing with me for a long while didn’t understand the scripture years ago! But now god has given me the understanding an the revelation of head covering an now my head stays cover it is for humility to god an protection a symbolic of holiness an that you are letting you flesh die it does not super rules😇 As a prophetess call scan commission by god the angle are over me working for me as I pray an prophesies speaking as an mouth pieces for god an it brings glory to the father so now he is please through my obedience as the glory begin to fall an over shader the blessing he has for me😇😇😇😇😇😇As of today I wear my covering hats dollies scarves as long as I am being obedience to God I am covered😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇It is a blessing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Have a bless day covering in the name of the Lord😇Your decided? Cover or Not From Prophetess vleemcfadden
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Kate, you have touched my heart and inspired me. Thank you.
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