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1 Corinthians 11:6 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
1 Corinthians 11:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
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.
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.
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
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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."
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