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NASB | 1 Corinthians 11:10 Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 11:10 Therefore the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, for the sake of the angels [so as not to offend them]. |
Bible Question: in 1cor.11:10 it says that a women should wear a head covering as symbol of authority becuz of the angels.why do we most christan wemen do not do this? |
Bible Answer: (Continued, Part 2) "1 Cor. 11:11-12 (KJV) Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as the woman (is) of the man, even so(is) the man also by the woman; but all things of God. NEVERTHELESS BOTH SHOULD LOVE AND RESPECT EACH OTHER. 1 Cor. 11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? (KJV) PAUL IS ASKING THE CORINTHIANS, BECAUSE OF YOUR CUSTOM OF MARRIED WOMEN WEARING THEIR HAIR IN A CERTAIN FASHION AND/OR WEARING A VEIL AT ALL TIMES, TO SHOW THEIR SUBMISSION TO THEIR HUSBANDS, IS IT RIGHT THAT THEY SHOULD LET THEIR HAIR HANG DOWN LOOSELY WHEN PROPHESYING BEFORE GOD IN CHURCH ? 1 Cor. 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? (KJV) BECAUSE HE WILL LOOK LIKE A WOMAN. 1 Cor. 11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for(her) hair is given her for a covering. (KJV) PAUL IS SAYING HERE THAT THE LONG HAIR OF A WOMAN IS NATURAL EVIDENCE OF HER WOMANLY POSITION UNDER MAN, INSTEAD OF A VEIL. 1 Cor. 11:16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. (KJV) BUT IF ANY MAN IN THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH WANTS TO ARGUE OVER THE ISSUE AND WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN, PAUL SAYS, "WE HAVE NO SUCH CUSTOM, NEITHER THE CHURCHES OF GOD." HE IS SAYING, WE OF OURSELVES HAVE NO SUCH CUSTOM AND NEITHER DO THE CHURCHES OF GOD. I think it should now be plain to all what Paul was saying in 1 Cor. 11:1-16. He starts out by telling us the order of things under Almighty God in relation to humans. GOD is first with Christ under Him then man under both God the Father and Christ and finally woman is under man. The Bible states quite clearly, woman was made for man, man was not made for woman. That does not mean woman is less than man, because Paul once again says in Eph. 5:24-28, both should respect each other. It simply means that there is an order with God and man, just as there is an order in the animal world. ALL BY DESIGN. Eph. 5:24-28 (KJV) Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so (let) the wives (be) to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. Paul then says, "if a man prays with his head covered he dishonours Christ, who is his head, or who is head over him." In that region during that time period the heads of slave women were shaved, and also the heads of any women found guilty of fornication, and adultery. It was also the custom of the slave-priestesses who worshipped Aphrodite to take off their veils and let their hair hang down when prophesying in the temple. On the other hand because it was the custom for married women to wear veils or to wear their hair in a particular fashion to show they were married, Paul advised it was wrong for the Corinthian women to take off their veils and let down their hair when praying or prophesying in church as it gave the wrong impression, and dishonoured their husbands and therefore Christ. The Bible says a woman's long hair is in itself a covering given by God so there is no need for any other covering. Paul ends this discourse by saying if anyone disagreed with his appraisal of that situation, in the Corinthian church, then they should know that neither he (and his companions) nor the Church of God had such a custom. SO QUITE CLEARLY THERE IS NO RULING IN THE BIBLE WHICH SAYS ALL WOMEN SHOULD COVER THEIR HEADS IN CHURCH. References used. ------------------------- The King James Bible, Mathew Henry's Commentary, Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible Vol 1, from which the following extract is taken. (Continued, Part 3) |