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Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-02

1 Corinthians 11 And Paul

1 Corinthians 11 has been a difficult passage because of several elements that have been hard to interpret. Some of the disputed elements are the meaning of “head” in verse 3, whether head coverings are necessary in verse 5, the woman being the glory of the man in verse 7, the reference to angels i

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:14 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11

Scripture Commentary article 2007-04-01

Headcoverings And Authority

While I still intend to write an article about 1 Corinthians 11 – Head coverings and authority, the video clip below which is an excerpt of part 3 of “Women in M inistry Silenced or Set Free. ” is a good introduction to this controversial issue

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@KyleJezwinski @dalepartridge I merely repeated Paul’s statement at the end of the section concerning head coverings. What else do you want to talk about? That a woman has authority over her own head (to decide whether to cover or not)—because of the...

@KyleJezwinski @dalepartridge I merely repeated Paul’s statement at the end of the section concerning head coverings. What else do you want to talk about? That a woman has authority over her own head

1 Corinthians 11 And Paul

Headcoverings And Authority

@KyleJezwinski @dalepartridge I merely repeated Paul’s statement at the end of the section concerning head coverings. What else do you want to talk about? That a woman has authority over her own head (to decide whether to cover or not)—because of the...

@dalepartridge @KyleJezwinski “…we have no such practice [of head coverings], no

@Toneskeee @davidjslentz @wbfresh90 Adam was held responsible because he wasn’t

Dale, a woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man because God made her in His image from the man. As for head coverings, Paul states clearly that “a woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels” (1Co 7:10). Since...

@Gbackupx The Bible nowhere says that women shouldn’t preach. 1Ti 2:12 is in the context of Paul leaving Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach ‘strange doctrines’—but this has nothing to do with anyone preaching the truth to any...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 BTW, 1Cor 11:3’s ordering is Christ-&gt; every man, the man-&gt;a woman, God-&gt;Christ. This is in time sequence order and showing source relationships. As for head coverings, covering in Genesis was ...

@emily_breiten @turnedwife I’m not arguing that it wasn’t common for women to wear head coverings until they didn’t. For many, I suspect they were just doing what they thought they were required to do and stopped when they weren’t required. Others ...

@turnedwife There’s a lot of nice looking head coverings out there. I hope you f

@SOPincorporated I must admit, Heiser is reaching far and wide to find something outside of the text to explain this. If her hair is inherently sexual because of some idea of semen traveling through hair, then why does Paul say that her hair is given...

Something to note is that in Judaism, you will observe that all men have to cove

If a wife covers her head to honor her husband, her head—why must a man uncover

@Brandon27614871 @haymes_joshua @dalepartridge I will refute him on head coverin

@rightresponsem These people are discussing abuse in the church and recovering f

@Christianous100 @lutherananswers Yes, thanks for pointing these out. This is no

@Heiserite @lutherananswers But the entire passage to this point has been discussing the tradition of head coverings… The tradition is to *wear* coverings at certain times when praying or prophesying. He says he does *not* have any such practice nor...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers That is correct. Would a believing husband who under

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I agree. The ISV translates 11:14-15 as: “Nature its

@Heiserite @lutherananswers You are interpreting it this way, but what evidence

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Actually, it is for the very reasons Paul outlines that he is giving women a choice. If covering one’s head shames Christ, then surely this applies to women also. Thus married women have a dilemma as they have essentially...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers But don’t we have a Biblical connection between cove

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Let me re-explain Paul's reasoning. If she will judge angels, then surely she has the authority over her own head to decide whether to cover her head while praying or prophesying. It explains it quite clearly and complet...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I understand that Heiser thought that this was not a

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Uh… but it says every man (andros, singular) in the context of a passage that mentions a woman (gynaikos, singular). Why doesn’t Paul say people (anthropos) or believers if he means that Christ is ...

@Robert_S_Morley @Protestia The word "apocalypse" comes from the Greek word "ἀποκάλυψις" (apokalypsis), which means "revelation," "unveiling," or "disclosure." It literally translates to "an uncovering" from the Greek words "apo," meaning "from" or "...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The text should read as follows: "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor that hair is a woman’s glory, since hair is given as a subs...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The passage is about how women have more considerations than just Christ. If they have a non-believing Jewish husband, uncovering can be interpreted as prostituting herself and she ma...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The practice

@dalepartridge Christians are to have self control, right Dale? Even if she “cov

@mikeproverbs10 @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Women shaved their heads in rebellion? Paul is asking women to cover their heads because of their former rebellion? Wow. I thought I heard it all. There was no such practice of covering in the churches b...

@smashbaals "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man

@SpecterAndBride There’s no rule. "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is

@plew_samuel @SpecterAndBride Doing what you are told? So don’t you think it would be important first to determine what precisely you are being told before you attempt to do it? After all, Paul is arguing *against* head coverings. He is simply explai...

@SpecterAndBride Spurgeon did not consider the context in his conclusions. Why d

@MJ_Nelson89 @Alex7Shiro If you are saying that this is not about the head coverings I think you are missing what Paul said at the start of the chapter: “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just a...

@MJ_Nelson89 @Alex7Shiro Well, it is the only text that would suggest it, and that would be highly unusual that a sin would only ever be indicated in a single text. It is for sure debatable. If you are a woman visiting a church that thinks it is req...

@SpecterAndBride @LoammiCB @tigereyes1972 @Brian_Sauve First, the text doesn't say that a woman's long hair is her covering but that hair is given as a substitute for coverings (and both men and women generally have hair). Brian says that verse 6 gr...

@InnovationHQ2 @elijahtmadison @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Paul is not negating his own teaching on covering because he is advocating for not covering and giving women the freedom to decide what to do. Paul says in verse 6 that "If a woman does ...

@NBidnz I'm not sure I've heard angels referred to as spies before, but you are right that Judiazers especially were infiltrating the churches and trying to bring them under the law (see Galatians). The thing about angels and head coverings is that ...

@Manny_Clay1 @TarienCole If other is implied (it is not in the Greek) then it wo

@Here4Now0829 I don't think so as 1Co 11:13 shows the question is about head cov

@travispatriarch @LoammiCB @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Question for you Trav

@elijahtmadison @InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 "Nature itself te

@elijahtmadison @InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Women who don’t w

@InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 I am of course referring to the churches Paul was speaking of in the first century, not the ones that came later. To deny that Paul advocated for the practice of not covering one’s head while praying or...

@LoammiCB @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Covering for shame comes from shame for sin as we find in Genesis 3. If a man covers his head while prophesying showing shame for sin this shames Christ because he has dealt with sin once and for all. It says...

@InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 So, in the translation you provided, the translators inserted the word “other” but that’s not in the Greek. It simply says “no such practice.” The Greek is literally “practice not have.” And no, the chu...

@InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Paul is advocating for not coveri

Paul says that there is no such practice to cover heads in any of the churches: "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor that hair is a woman’s glory, since hair is given as a substitute for coverings...

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@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 BTW, 1Cor 11:3’s ordering is Christ-> every man, the man->a woman, God->Christ. This is in time sequence order and showing source relationships. As for head coverings, covering in Genesis was ...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers But the entire passage to this point has been discussing the tradition of head coverings… The tradition is to wear coverings at certain times when praying or prophesying. He says he does not have any such practice nor...

@plew_samuel @SpecterAndBride Doing what you are told? So don’t you think it would be important first to determine what precisely you are being told before you attempt to do it? After all, Paul is arguing against head coverings. He is simply explai...