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The other difficulty is that cultural factors in 1 Corinthians 11 are more evident. It’s more than twice the length of 1 Timothy 2:9-15 and that means there’s more to grapple with and, what is more, the argument is more complex. The first thing to notice is that this passage is more difficult to understand. Now since 1 Timothy 2 has probably been the most discussed passage in regard to these issues, it is worth making a comparison between it and 1 Corinthians 11. But I believe that, although we may have to work hard to understand and apply them, they are still relevant today and so it’s important we know what they say. They are passages that can strike us as particularly confronting, controversial and counter-cultural. The others are 1 Timothy 2, 1 Corinthians 14, Ephesians 5, 1 Peter 3, Colossians 3, and Titus 2. This passage is one of six in the New Testament that deal with the responsibilities of men and women in the family and the church. If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God. Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered? Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him, but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering. Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.
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Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head.
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For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonours his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head-it is the same as if her head were shaven. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. So what do we make of 1 Corinthians 11 in this day and age? Is there anything in it for us as modern Christian women and men? It says: And to most of us, the issues he raises seem as foreign to us as hats at royal funerals and the experience of young Muslim women. The World of PaulĬhapter 11 of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians similarly deals with what women wear on their heads. An official announcement from the palace had to be issued stating that, although women had always worn hats in Royal church services in the past, this time they did not have to. The Queen Mother’s funeral also raised a fashion and cultural dilemma. And young Australian Muslim women (some recent converts), gave interviews and wrote letters to newspapers about why they choose to veil or not to veil.īut it was not just that Islamic practice that made the news at that time. Politicians and school principals talked about banning the hijab. We heard disturbing stories of veiled women in Sydney being abused in the street because they were recognisably Muslim.
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But strangely, they both brought a similar issue to talkback radio, the front pages of newspapers, and the TV news: whether women should or should not cover their heads.Īt the time, Muslim headcoverings became a familiar sight and topic in the media. Seven months earlier, on 11th September 2001 almost three thousand people died in coordinated terrorist suicide attacks carried out by extremist Muslims across the USA.Įxcept for the loss of life, the two events couldn’t have seemed further apart. She had seen the beginnings of two centuries and all the changes in-between. On the 31st March, 2002 the Queen Mother died peacefully in her sleep at the grand age of 101.