1 CORINTHIANS 11:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.”
But that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering — the woman's long hair functions as her natural veil, her God-given covering that serves as her glory; this appeals to natural instinct and aesthetic convention to ground the practice of the veil.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:15
“But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given her for a covering.” His constant practice of stating commonly received reasons he adopts also in this place, betaking himself to the common custom, and greatly abashing those who waited to be taught these things from him, which even from men's ordinary practice they might have learned. For such things are not unknown even to Barbarians: and see how he every where deals in piercing expressions:…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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