[good samaritan]

Originally Posted by mfblume

I see a major flaw in uncut hair doctrine. I am not judging anyone either way... but consider this:

1Co 11:14-15 KJV Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? (15) But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

If "HAVE LONG HAIR" means UNCUT HAIR, then you can only apply it to verse 15 for the woman and not to the man. Howso?

here's how: Replace "UNCUT HAIR" for "LONG HAIR" and read it:

1Co 11:14-15 KJV Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have UNCUT HAIR, it is a shame unto him? (15) But if a woman have UNCUT HAIR, it is a glory to her: for her UNCUT HAIR is given her for a covering.

Now, since the issue is UNCUT HAIR, that means if a woman cuts a half inch off her hair it is NOT LONG, right?

Well, translate that into verse 15. If a man TRIMS HALF AN INCH off his FOOT LONG hair, then IT IS NOT LONG HAIR and he is not violating anything! But everyone says HE HAS LONG HAIR! Howso? Long means UNCUT, right? A foot of hair down a man's back and be trimmed half an inch, and it's not LONG because that is the alleged rule for the woman with LONG hair. And that makes no sense.

See what I mean? You have to change the definition of the SAME WORD from one verse to the very next one to say a man and woman BOTH cannot have trimmed hair down their backs.

Solution. Long simply means long, not UNCUT. And it cannot be measured. It's the SPIRIT of it. If a man is said to have "LONG HAIR" when people look at him, it's wrong. If a woman has LONG HAIR, disregarding any trimming or not, it is what Paul encouraged in verse 15 and 16. But I maintain that was only a witness support to the real issue of a veiling.

The Greek word for long hair as you probably know

Strong's
g2863. κομάω komaō; from 2864; to wear tresses of hair:— have long hair.
AV (2)- have long hair 2;
to let the hair grow, have long hair

I didn't mean to insert the word uncut into the verse, but instead to elaborate on the greek of what long is in the original language. If you let something grow IMO that means you don't cut it off. In other words it is a glory for a lady to just let her hair grow, but a man should not (he should cut his hair).