What does it mean 1Corinthians 11:2-16? (Part 10)
After all, should the woman use veil? Is the size of the hair important?
• 1Co 11:16 -> “If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.”.
Paul said that, neither them (he and the other apostles) nor the Jesus’ Church had such practice. Why not?
• 1Co 11:13 -> “Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered?”.
As it was shown in 1Cor 11:11, in Christ, husband and wife depend on one another. In the Old Testament, a man could have many wives. So, only the woman ought to show fidelity to her husband, keeping her hair long and using a veil (which was used as a symbol that she was compromised with her husband, being faithful to ele).
Nonetheless, after Jesus’ death, the New Alliance became available and now the standard for the marriage established in Eden was restored (Gen 2:24; Mat 19:4-8). Now, husband and wife need to show the principle taught by Paul below:
• 1Cor 7:3-5 -> “Let the man render unto the woman due benevolence: and likewise, also, the woman unto the man. The woman has not power of her own body, but the man: and likewise *also the man has not power of his own body, but the woman*. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
That is to say: if the woman needs to use veil in order to show that her husband is authority on her, therefore, in the New Alliance, the reciprocal is truth (perceive that the husband’s body belongs to her wife).
Nonetheless, we have a problem:
• 1Co 11:14 -> “Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him,”.
For the man, have long hair is a shame. See, for instance, the order for Levitical priests below:
• Eze 44:20 -> “Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.”.
Not to mention the Nazirite vow (Numbers 6:1-21). If the use of long hair was usual and beautiful for the man, this vow wouldn’t add up. Therefore, the long hair for man was to be a sign that he devoted himself to the Creator and was, for this, worthy of respect and assistance (exact the opposite of that the Israelites did):
• Amo 2:12 -> “But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’”.
Have a good day in Jesus. Tomorrow we will carry on.
After all, should the woman use veil? Is the size of the hair important?
• 1Co 11:16 -> “If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.”.
Paul said that, neither them (he and the other apostles) nor the Jesus’ Church had such practice. Why not?
• 1Co 11:13 -> “Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered?”.
As it was shown in 1Cor 11:11, in Christ, husband and wife depend on one another. In the Old Testament, a man could have many wives. So, only the woman ought to show fidelity to her husband, keeping her hair long and using a veil (which was used as a symbol that she was compromised with her husband, being faithful to ele).
Nonetheless, after Jesus’ death, the New Alliance became available and now the standard for the marriage established in Eden was restored (Gen 2:24; Mat 19:4-8). Now, husband and wife need to show the principle taught by Paul below:
• 1Cor 7:3-5 -> “Let the man render unto the woman due benevolence: and likewise, also, the woman unto the man. The woman has not power of her own body, but the man: and likewise *also the man has not power of his own body, but the woman*. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
That is to say: if the woman needs to use veil in order to show that her husband is authority on her, therefore, in the New Alliance, the reciprocal is truth (perceive that the husband’s body belongs to her wife).
Nonetheless, we have a problem:
• 1Co 11:14 -> “Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him,”.
For the man, have long hair is a shame. See, for instance, the order for Levitical priests below:
• Eze 44:20 -> “Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.”.
Not to mention the Nazirite vow (Numbers 6:1-21). If the use of long hair was usual and beautiful for the man, this vow wouldn’t add up. Therefore, the long hair for man was to be a sign that he devoted himself to the Creator and was, for this, worthy of respect and assistance (exact the opposite of that the Israelites did):
• Amo 2:12 -> “But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’”.
Have a good day in Jesus. Tomorrow we will carry on.