Monday, June 26, 2017

1 Corinthians 11

 For this reason the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. v.10

Read chapter 11
This can be a very difficult passage for many to read and believe because of what is said about a man being the head of the woman.  Well let's dig a little deeper to read what's going on in the context.  Now first off no where in the law does God command head coverings, though many people wore these.  And why does it say "because of the angles"?  Well this could be of the sexual perversion that angles had with women in the Old Testament (see Genesis 6) and therefor a warning to the Corinthians as they were dealing with a lot of sexual immorality.  Also this talk about short and long hair for men and women seems to be like a secret code for talking about sexual immorality.  Bible Teacher Nathon Johnson describes it this way, "in the Roman society of the day, all males wore their hair short and all females wore their hair long. This was the style and the custom, and was so universally followed that breaking it would have been most bizarre and immediately noticeable. Thus it was that the prostitutes took up the habit of making a statement of their trade by reversing this cultural norm. The female prostitutes would cut their hair short to indicate their trade, and the male (homosexual) prostitutes would grow their hair long for the same reason.  In this passage, it would appear that hair length and head coverings are used as symbols for sexual immorality and morality, and for prostitution and abstention from prostitution. The language is very delicate and somewhat confusing to those of us who do not understand the customs of the day." (Long Hair and Glory).
So now does reading this passage clear up some confusion or difficulty in understanding it today?  What are symbols of how people look today that reveals a sexually immoral lifestyle?

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