Do Christian Women Actually Follow The Bible's Command To Cover Or Shave Their Head?

Here is what the Apostle Paul says in 1 Cor 11 regarding headcovering: 3 But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man who prayeth or prophesieth, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. 5 But every woman who prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head, for that is one and the same as if she were shaven.

6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. 7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, inasmuch as he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

8 For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man. 9 Neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man. 10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head, because of the angels.

So as you can see, the Bible tells us to cover our head during prayer, not for modesty, as it is with Muslimahs. Not that there is anything wrong with covering for modesty. I choose to, and there are many other Christian women who do as well.

Church Tradition certainly supports it, but there are no commandments in the Bible about modesty as far as what parts of the body should be covered, as you have in the Qur'an and Hadiths. Another point to make is that "head covering" can mean any piece of cloth on your head, which is why there is such a wide range of head coverings worn by Christian women. Christian women wear hats, turbans, bandannas, snoods, kapps, doilies, tichels, and khimars.

As far as why many Christian women don't cover their heads in church or dress modestly in general - they are either misguided or ignorant. Our culture (American) as a whole is very immodest, and many people, Christian or otherwise, do not realize the error of their ways, and the impact that modesty has on a person's life and spirituality. I will also point out that most people in this country are not actually Christian, so I hope you are not saying Christian when you really mean American or Western, as many Muslims do.

(No offense.) This may be a supposedly Christian nation, but most of the people who do claim to be Christian do not practice our religion in any way.

This covering not only means a cloth but also can refer to a woman's hair length. How can we say that? We must take this verse in the context or the setting in which it is presented.

"Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him? But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering" (1 Corinthians 11:14-15). Therefore, in the context of this passage, a woman who is wearing her hair longer marks herself out distinctively as a woman and not a man.

The Apostle Paul is saying here that in the Corinthian culture, when a wife's hair was longer than her husband's, it showed her submission to his headship. The roles of the male and female are designed by God to portray a profound spiritual lesson, that is of submission to the will and the order of God. But why is hair an issue in this passage?

The Apostle Paul is addressing something in the Corinthian culture that was being allowed to disrupt the church. Women in service in the pagan temples had their heads shaved. It marked them as pagan temple prostitutes.

Paul says in this passage that a woman who is shorn or shaved should be covered (1 Corinthians 11:6), for a woman shorn or shaved of her hair had lost her "glory," and she was not under the protection of a husband. A shorn head without a covering was equivalent to saying, "I refuse to submit to God's order." Therefore, the Apostle Paul is teaching the Corinthians that hair length or the wearing of a "covering" by the woman was an outward indication of a heart attitude of submission to God and to His established authority.

This was important because the Corinthian church was to be separate from the corrupt pagan culture of Corinth (2 Corinthians 6:17).

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