1 Corinthians 11

[Wilfred of Ivanhoe]

As you all know, the first half of this chapter deals with the legnth of hair for both men and women.

What are your opinions on this passage?

 

[Henhouse]

I think this passage gives indication that a woman ought to have an artificial covering over her head, and a man ought not to.

(Is that what you were looking for?)

 

[JeffreyLloyd]

and...?

 

[Lotar]

I believe it teaches that men and women should dress respectfully for church. Head coverings and such was how respect was shown at the time.

 

[Phoebe]

Verse 13 reads to judge for ourselves. Hair was given to woman for a covering. I don't feel a head covering is necessary for women.

Verse 19 reads that factions or divisions are necessary to recognize those that are genuine.

 

[mrversatile48]

Verse 15 specifies that, "..LONG hair, it is her glory..LONG hair is given to her as a covering"

So you wonderful women keep yourselves warm this wild, windy winter, OK?

But if you see any guys doing Absalom impressions, have fun asking them aboutverse 14 - "Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him?"

Come on guys, don't be wimps now..

"Get off ya horse & untangle ya hair from them thar tree branches, pilgrim!"

(Where was John Wayne when 2 Samuel 18:9 was filmed, huh?)

God bless!

Ian

 

[ChrisB]

So how does this fit in

Judges 13
5 because you will conceive and give birth to a son. No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines."

 

[Phoebe]

So how does this fit in

Judges 13
5 because you will conceive and give birth to a son. No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines."

There again, we are to judge for ourselves. (One would think)

How was long or short hair viewed in the church at Corinth? (A shaved head on a woman, if I remember correctly, meant that she was/ had been a harlot, probably converting to Christianity before her hair had grown out. A head covering was used to hide this baldness.)

 

[d0c markus]

As you all know, the first half of this chapter deals with the legnth of hair for both men and women.

What are your opinions on this passage?

What was sexy, and led men's mind to wander in the yesterday, is not sexy and aluring today, the command to be modest still stands, just in a different sense, we can switch head coverings and what not with todays short shorts, and low cut t-shirts...

1 Cor 11:5 And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head--it is just as though her head were shaved. 6 If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

See this also ties into gender roles, and what not i guess... i havent studied it to much... isnt cross dressing in the bible a sin? I am pretty sure i read that somewheres, could be mistaken though.

 

[mrversatile48]

Switching to page 2 caused the confusion

From roles of gender to scrolls in the blender, you might say..

You can tell poetry board got me going today..

eh?

 

[mrversatile48]

I'm pretty sure that Leviticus forbids cross dressing, but I'm off to bed...

With freezing nights forecast, praise God for duvets as coverings, huh?

 

[Bulldog]

I'm pretty sure that Leviticus forbids cross dressing, but I'm off to bed...

Part of the Old Jewish law which we were never under.

 

[sobresaliente]

I think long hair is a disgrace to the men because they can get mistaken for a girl. No guy wants to be mistaken for a girl or vice versa. Many youth today have long hair and I have more than once mistaken them for the opposite gender.

Sobresaliente