1 Corinthians 11:15

[jfrog]

11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

Forget about whether the broader context of 1 Corinthians 11 is about veils or long hair or uncut hair or whatever else. This verse by itself can be used to establish that long hair on a woman is a good thing and if the bible calls it a good thing then who can be against it?

I think many apostolics have forgotten the biblical principles that established certain practices for them. As such the veil arguments and uncut hair arguments and everything else are just distractions from the most sure biblical principle that Long Hair on a woman is a good thing. The finer details in 1 corinthians 11 can probably be argued all day long but this one point will always remain.

[Truthseeker]

Isn't it interesting no where in all the commandments in the law is there anything mentioned regarding women's hair needing to be uncut or even long?

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by Truthseeker

Isn't it interesting no where in all the commandments in the law is there anything mentioned regarding women's hair needing to be uncut or even long?

Does that have any effect on the truth Paul wrote that a woman's long hair is her glory and that it is given to her for a covering?

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by jfrog

Does that have any effect on the truth Paul wrote that a woman's long hair is her glory and that it is given to her for a covering?

No, but it seems to be a cultural issue, since Paul wrote as though they already knew it and he rebuked them for not abiding by it. If they did not get it from scripture to warrant a rebuke for not keeping it in 1 Cor 11, then where else did they get it from?

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by mfblume

No, but it seems to be a cultural issue, since Paul wrote as though they already knew it and he rebuked them for not abiding by it. If they did not get it from scripture to warrant a rebuke for not keeping it in 1 Cor 11, then where else did they get it from?

Paul wrote it was from nature

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by jfrog

Paul wrote it was from nature

Yes, but that is an additional witness. He appealed to nature to substantiate his claim since they evidently never thought of nature as well.

[thephnxman]

Originally Posted by Truthseeker

Isn't it interesting no where in all the commandments in the law is there anything mentioned regarding women's hair needing to be uncut or even long?

"For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the
field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she
took a vail, and COVERED HERSELF."

At the moment of leaving her father's house, Rebecca was betrothed to Isaac.
When she learned that Isaac went out to meet them, she covered herself with
a vail (veil); that is, she put herself in submission to the one to whom she was
betrothed.

"He that has ears to hear..."

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by thephnxman

"For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the
field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she
took a vail, and COVERED HERSELF."

At the moment of leaving her father's house, Rebecca was betrothed to Isaac.
When she learned that Isaac went out to meet them, she covered herself with
a vail (veil); that is, she put herself in submission to the one to whom she was
betrothed.

"He that has ears to hear..."

I think the point is there is no command in the old testament for anything about it. Just references to it as though it was an extrabiblical custom that people in the middle east all did.

[thephnxman]

Originally Posted by mfblume

I think the point is there is no command in the old testament for anything about it. Just references to it as though it was an extrabiblical custom that people in the middle east all did.

Extrabiblica...: then why is it written in the Bible?

[Praxeas]