1 CORINTHIANS 11:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?”
Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him — Paul appeals to phusis (nature, custom, conventional understanding), which would have been obvious to Corinthian eyes; long hair on men was associated with effeminacy or oriental excess in Greco-Roman culture.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:14
“Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God veiled?” Again he places them as judges of the things said, which also he did respecting the idol-sacrifices. For as there he says, “judge ye what I say:” c. 1 Corinthians 10:15 so here, “judge in yourselves:” and he hints something more awful here. For he says that the affront here passes on unto God: although thus indeed he does not express himself, but in something of a milder and more enigmatical form of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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