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[QUOTE=Amanah;1618786]

Don, I believe I Cor 11:2-14:40 is addressing issues related to corporate worship.

Yes, he is.

But, 1 Corinthians 11:5 would apply anytime a woman prays or prophesies.

And so you would then say that women are commanded to wear a veil for these times. Plz say, if God commands a woman to wear such a veil during such times, what kind of veil is acceptable to the Lord. Plz point to some scripture which will indicate God's acceptable veil. Surely the Lord would not leave to chance obedience or whim of Man, for what he says is necessary by command to plz him, to avoid something as serious as sin. Or does he let Man determine that which will satisfy God's need-to-cover command? Plz indicate which scripture could be referenced that indicates that God says Man can choose which cover pleases the Lord. (One Lord, one faith, one baptism. One is a specific number which excludes. It specifies one to the exclusion of all others. Count all the 'ones' shown by Paul in Eph 4.4-6, a favourite passage of apostolics. Does Paul now leave the principle of specifics for a principle of many. You now get to choose which cover to use? Doesn't make sense.)

Does it make sense to you that God would let Man determine that which he is commanding? You are not a woman with small scriptural knowledge. It makes most sense that God would specify that which he commands. That no scripture indicates either this specific cover nor a scripture showing that Man is allowed to choose, should lead one to question whether he commands it, in light of the poor evidence shown that he commands it, and in light that the verses which are said to command it can easily be seen in another reasoned vein.

While you are in an explaining mood, plz explain why Paul says that a woman's long uncut hair is given for a veil, v15 for her hair is given to her for a covering. An explanation must be found, a view held, which satisfies both v5 and v15 at the same time. I believe the instincts view does so with its explanation. The veil view does not. It is time to replace a view with holes, with a view which has less holes or none that can't be explained/filled. It is time to leave misinterpretation and replace it with one which faces and explains the facts. The veil view explains poorly. Leave the veil view in the dust behind you.

Or at least make an effort to explain away the holes seen in the veil view. If they can't be given a reasonable explanation, then it may indicate that another view should be held instead.

Does Paul say that a woman should cover? Yes, of course he does. But he has not said clearly what that cover is. Their is a dispute among people, who claim truth as their motto, as to which view is the one to hold. A view must be found which satisfies what is seen in life and scripture. God made both. In my mind, the instinct view has the least objections and covers the bases. Believe it.