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NASB | 1 Corinthians 11:5 But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 11:5 And every woman who prays or prophesies when she has her head uncovered disgraces her head; for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved [in disgrace]. |
Subject: Women and hair |
Bible Note: The Book Man, so we are to take 1 Cor 14:35 about not speaking, to be silent - literally? Are the woman allowed to nod their acknowledgement, seeing they are not allowed to”speak”? Can they talk outside on the steps, or is that also forbidden, seeing Paul also mentioned about them “asking their husbands AT HOME? If you notice the ‘asking their husbands at home’ that should reveal the reason for this particular problem. Otherwise, is Paul saying the wife has TO BE AT HOME to ask her husband ANYTHING? Can you see where this is going? One “law” leads to another. But taking into consideration that Paul was ONLY writing to THAT church about a particular problem is evident. To demonstrate my point, I'll use your reference to 1 Cor 1:2. You wrote: “Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The epistle is not just addressed to the Corinthians, but to "all (who)... call upon the name of Jesus..." That includes you and me.” End quote. Did you notice the phrase “which IS AT Corinth”? Did you notice it doesn’t mention anyone else? Paul wasn’t writing that Epistle with 2,000 years later on his mind. He wrote his particular epistles according to the particular needs at a particular time to a particular people. Take, for example, 2 Cor. 1 (his third letter to them). “…unto the church of God which is IN CORINTH, WITH all the saints which are IN ALL Achaia.” That was the SMALL region of Greece, in which Corinth was located. Had Paul meant “the Christian church at large”, why didn’t he say so? Romans 14:22 Respectfully, Taleb |