On Tuesday May 14, I made a brief post on the head covering and “Doth not nature teach you?” (1 Corinthians 11:14.
I am following up here with some links to what others have said on the subject. I limit the links to what Baptists have said. Most are familiar with head coverings among the Amish and Mennonites, but what do Baptists say? From the links you will find they had said a good bit, but not always in agreement with one another. I have not tried to find only those who advocate a certain view, and have not tried to see whether all views are equally represented. These are the top links I found via a Google search. No author is given preference, other than presenting the links in alphabetical order.
Posting of these links do not suggest agreement with the writers or their web sites. In fact, I have some quite wide disagreement on various subjects with some of those who address the subject of head covering in these links above (even to the point of thinking a few of them are not “good Baptists.”). These links are posted for the research benefit they might possess for my readers.
Added at no charge😉, some notes I had made in an old Bible. (Nothing earth shattering, just some notes I put down while going through the text many years ago.)
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. Genesis 3:16
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth (καταισχύνει) his head.
5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered (ἀκατακαλύπτῳ) dishonoureth (καταισχύνει) her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven (ἐξυρημένῃ).
6 For if the woman be not covered (οὐ κατακαλύπτεται), let her also be shorn (κειράσθω): but if it be a shame (αἰσχρὸν) for a woman to be shorn (κείρασθαι) or shaven (ξυρᾶσθαι), let her be covered (κατακαλυπτέσθω).
7 For a man indeed ought not to cover (κατακαλύπτεσθαι) his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory (δόξα) of God: but the woman is the glory (δόξα) of the man. Genesis 1:27; Acts 17:28-29
8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Genesis 1:27; 2:21-22
9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. Genesis 2:18; 1 Timothy 2:13
10 For this cause ought the woman to have power (ἐξουσίαν) on her head because of the angels.
11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. Genesis 1:26-28; Job 14:1
12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. Mark 10:7-9; 2 Corinthians 5:18
13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely (πρέπον) that a woman pray unto God uncovered (ἀκατακάλυπτον)? Comely = befitting, proper.
14 Doth not even nature (φύσις) itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair (κομᾷ), it is a shame (ἀτιμία) unto him? Revelation 9:7-8 “the faces of men” (bearded?) ... “the hair of women” (long?). At least there is a natural distinction that can be written of. “Nature” includes the distinction between male and female, as well as the woman’s natural head covering.
15 But if a woman have long hair (κομᾷ), it is a glory (δόξα) to her: for her hair is given her for a covering (περιβολαίου). Mary’s hair was long enough to wipe Jesus’s feet (John 12:3) and Malchus’s hair was short enough that Peter cut off his ear, not his hair (John 18:10).
16 But if any man seem to be contentious (φιλόνεικος), we have no such custom (συνήθειαν), neither the churches of God. The practice of the churches agrees with the teaching of Paul. A few people have tried to interpret this statement as Paul cancelling out everything he just previously said!
Each of the reasons given for the head covering is taken from permanent facts. Paul says nothing of period hairstyles or social customs.
1 comment:
Thank you! I cannot find time to research this now, but I'd love to study it more sometime.
E. T. Chapman
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