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1 Corinthians 11:15 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. "
1 Corinthians 11:15
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
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1 Corinthians 11:1
"Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ."
1 Corinthians 11:2
"Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you."
1 Corinthians 11:3
"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."
1 Corinthians 11:4
"Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head."
1 Corinthians 11:5
"But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven."
1 Corinthians 11:6
"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."
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