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But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
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Avoiding Cultural Shame
Commentators stress the cultural context of this verse. In Corinth, respectable women were veiled in public. An unveiled head was associated with prostitutes, while a shaven head was a punishment for adultery or the mark of a slave. Paul's instruction was for Christian women to avoid dressing in a way that brought dishonor to themselves, their husbands, and the church by adopting these shameful cultural symbols.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But every woman that prays or prophesies. In the Old Testament, prophetesses are not infrequently mentioned. For example, Miriam is mentio…
With her head unveiled (ακατακαλυπτω τη κεφαλη). Associative instrumental case of manner and the predicative adjective (compound a…
19th Century
Anglican
But every woman that prayeth . . . From the hypothetical case of the man praying or preaching with covered head (which wa…
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Baptist
It is given in order that he may himself profit, and also that he may be the means of profiting those who hear him.
Whichever view is held as to the nature of the head covering, the same basic principles emerge from the passage. In vv.3–10 Paul emphasizes the ord…
16th Century
Protestant
Every woman praying or prophesying (1 Corinthians 11:5). Here we have the second proposition — that women ought t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth Not that a woman was allowed to pray publicly in the congregation, and m…
Here begin details concerning public assemblies, 1 Corinthians chapter 14. In the abundance of spiritual gifts bestowed on the Corinthians, some ab…
13th Century
Catholic
After presenting the doctrine, the Apostle adds an admonition, the reason for which is taken from the doctrine just mentioned. He addresses this in…
