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NASB | 1 Corinthians 11:4 Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying disgraces his head. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 11:4 Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors his head [and the One who is his head]. |
Bible Question: Is the scripture in I Corinthians 11:1-16 to be considered normative for Christians as a moraly indicitive imperative, or is to be considered merely historicaly applicable to Biblical times? And is this, as is widely believed, applicable only to married men and women or does the term aner refer to first men and second husband and does the term gune refer to first woman and second wife? And wouldn't all women have had to cover their heads back then or be considered prostitutes with uncovered heads, or as temple prostitutes as ones with hair cut off? And if that was a moral imperative then for all women because of the heirarchy of headship of the whole church in Christ (because weren't all women under the authority of her father or husband or brother as no woman had her own property and no authority?), why is it not seen as such now(notwithstanding that they used a complete covering of a shawl and not a little bonnet or hat as conventions have changed)? We had a rousing discussion in our church in Bible study and most of the women refused to wear hats. But I did decided to after waiting the week after easter, which my pastor asked me to do so that my wearing a hat would not be confused with an easter hat tradition(his wife always wore a hat until she passed away). He did not press the rest, but told them he had given them the scripture and that he would leave it up to them to be convicted or not because he refused to be in the middle of a big fight between those who felt convicted and those who don't, it just was not going to be a battle he would fight because he had other fights currently running he would prefer to be winning. IN Christ always, Tamara |
Bible Answer: Tamara, first off, allow me to state – you ask interesting questions. Although, I was tempted to take on all of them, this is the only one I have time to respond to presently. During my first Bible School training, years ago, we were encouraged to look for answers to our questions in our main text-book – the Bible. Too often we tend to grab a portion of Scripture and build a doctrine around some isolated words. By ignoring the rest of Scripture, anyone can prove Scripture says thus and thus … For example, take that Scripture I mentioned yesterday (Is War Biblical) about Jesus’ instructions not to protest against war because He and His Father say wars are a must. (Matt. 24:6) By checking out other Scriptures where that Greek word for MUST (Strong’s number 1163) is used and you learn that God demands whatever is stated to be accomplished, and will happen …period. Once in great while, Scriptures mistranslates a word, like the phrase using CURSE in Job, where his wife told him to curse God and die. Why is that same Hebrew word (Strongs 1288) translated BLESS, or its equivalent, in the hundred plus other verses? Why didn’t the author of Job use the curse (Strongs 7043) like other verses used in that situation, if he meant for us to believe Job’s wife didn’t mean for Job to Bless God and die? I find it interesting that BLESS word is ONLY translated CURSE in the book of Job, don't you? Checking out what the rest of Scripture says about covering one’s head and one discovers just the opposite of what is being taught. For one thing, you’ll discover it doesn’t mean HAT. Covering your HEAD means covering everything above the neck. In the same chapter you’re asking about, Paul wrote that it was dishonorable for men to cover their heads, right? Then why was it commanded by God for His High Priests to do the exact opposite? (Lev 8:1-13) Why did God instruct Ezekiel keep his turban fastened? (Ezek. 24:17) Name the all of women Scripture states who covered their head. Sarah, Hannah, Jesus’ mother, Priscilla – who? Cross-check that with all the men who covered their heads. Notice how long the list of men grows. Almost as long as all the men whose hair was long. Can you see the problem here? By taking one tiny iota of Scripture and building a doctrine with it, such as a woman covering your head but it’s a shame for men to cover theirs, while ignoring what else Scripture has to say is dangerously close to going against Jesus’ rebuke towards the Pharisees. Matt 15: 1-9 Be a Berean, Tamara Blessings on you, T’oma |