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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]. |
Bible Question: I believe in women ministering in the gifts fully, there are plenty of examples in both old and new Testaments(in Christ there is neither greek or jew, male or female) but I don't understand this verse or the one about women keeping silent in churches (1 Cor 14:34). These passages don't seem to fit in with other Scripture. Is it culture or commandment or something else? |
Bible Answer: The answer is cultural.... the hair covering is because only the husband could see her hair .. it is a act of submittimg to the authority of thier husband......And as for the women to keep silent ..if you research they church set up back then and the customs of the time .. the men sat on one side of the church and the women sat on the other.. so if a women did not understand something the preacher said they would shout across the pews to ask there husband , which caused a disruption.. so therefore they were told to be quiet... |