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1 corinthians 11-16

I'm really interested in this verse because different people have different convictions. I have personally worn a head covering in the past and I struggled with this due to being a migraine sufferer. I now read it that the hair itself is a covering. I am also pondering on the part where hair cutting is mentioned. I am in the process of deciding whether I should have uncut hair. I'm really interested in other christians opinions on this verse and about your own convictions.

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Adstar · 56-60, M

Yes the passage is stating that a woman has long hair as a head covering.. The passage was actually speaking against the need for cloth head coverings..

(1 Corinthians 11:13-16) "Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? {14} Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? {15} [c=4C0073]But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering[/c]. {16} But if any man seem to be contentious,[c=4C0073] we have no such custom, neither the churches of God[/c]."

What is the custom Paul is speaking of here? He is speaking of the custom of woman wearing cloth head coverings..

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Adstar · 56-60, M

@strait46 The scriptures are clear that God gave woman long hair as a covering..
1 corrinthians 11:
{15}[c=4C0073] But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering[/c].

Who gave woman long hair for a covering? God of course.. So if long hair is a covering then a woman with long hair is already covered and thus needs no other covering..

strait46 · 46-50, M

@Adstar scriptures are clear
1 corrinthians 11: 6, but you can "pick and choose" from your bible like most hypocrites.

Adstar · 56-60, M

@strait46 Nope.. Not picking and choosing.. But rightly reading and interpreting the Word of God..

robb65 · 56-60, M

It's been a while since I studied that passage, but as best I can remember there's two different, and possibly 3 different words there being translated as "covering" (as well as "power" in v10). Some are a reference to hair, some to head covering.

Verse 10 is a reference to a Midrash based on Genesis chapter (5 or 6?, I'd have to look) where it says "sons of G-d saw the daughters of men...". According to the Midrash it was the women's hair that caused the "fallen angels" to go astray, so Paul is arguing that women should wear a head covering "because of the angels".

There's nothing in scripture that specifically forbids women cutting their hair. I am aware of denominations that interpret it that way, but the point Paul was making was more about women covering their hair rather than having long hair. Verse 8, as well as the last part of verse 7 is consistent with this, her hair is for her husband, not for the general public.

In Judaism it was and still is the custom (in Orthodox Judaism, less so in more liberal movements) for married women to cover their hair in public. This is one of those customs that was apparently present in early Christianity but was dropped a long time ago by most of Christianity.

RubiesandButterflies · 51-55, F

@robb65 thanks for your thoughts.

strait46 · 46-50, M

@robb65 NOT "3 different words there being translated as "covering", just one word katak' for man n lady same word

NoGamesTolerated · F

Yes, hair itself is a covering according to the Bible. 🙂

EarthlingWise ·

Men getting all excited about sexualising women, creating absurd taboos so that they can be cruel towards vulnerable people (young people and women) that do not comply with their sick rules.

RubiesandButterflies · 51-55, F

@EarthlingWise I think women are more than capable of making their own choices regarding their body and their beliefs. I don't see the scripture as sexualizing women either. I think it encourages women to look feminine is all. Also the question was aimed at other believers which you are obviously not.

EarthlingWise ·

@RubiesandButterflies I can read books. They are human creations, so I can comment on anything written. And as a woman I won't pretend there is no social issue here. There is a thing called willing servitude. Humans relinquish their freedom in exchange for supposed safety.

strait46 · 46-50, M

if "hair itself is a covering" then verse 6 uncovered means no hair but says to cut! so must add to hair.
but teachers have a different excuse lady can bare hair like men.

lpthehermit · 56-60, M

you are becoming a christian legalist...trying obey several hundred rules. you are headed in wrong direction

LordShadowfire · M

You're interested in the opinions of complete strangers on the internet as to what you should do with your own body?

This. This is what's wrong with Christianity, right here.

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LordShadowfire · M

@RubiesandButterflies Regardless of whether you were going to let strangers on the internet decide this matter (which you totally were), there's still the fact that you are basing your decision of whether or not to wear something on your head and deal with the subsequent migraines on your interpretation of what a bunch of dead people in the iron age wrote.

RubiesandButterflies · 51-55, F

@LordShadowfire thats my decision to make.

LordShadowfire · M

@RubiesandButterflies You don't get to ask people's opinions and then cry about it when we give them. That isn't how this works.

Unhinged · 100+

[c=800000][b][i][u][center][big][quote]THE BIBLE IS A LIE GOD IS EVIL[/quote][/big][/center][/u][/i][/b][/c]

RubiesandButterflies · 51-55, F

@Unhinged im sorry you feel that way and I dont feel that way. The question was actually aimed at other christians not non believers.

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