Man Hair

Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. — read the full passage →

Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.

But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.

For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled? — read the full passage →

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

You will roll them up like a mantle, and they will be changed; but you are the same. Your years will not fail.”

in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility, — read the full passage →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing;

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the “Amen” at your giving of thanks, seeing he doesn’t know what you say?

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him? — read the full passage →

For this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.

For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man. — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.

Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves,

Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →

Angels who didn’t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.

It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says. — read the full passage →

let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.

Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers?

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant.

For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.

For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head. — read the full passage →

But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God. — read the full passage →

Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; — read the full passage →

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. — read the full passage →

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.

Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →

Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture; for they have gone into captivity from you!

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

Cut off your hair, and throw it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

For all these things has my hand made, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn’t open his mouth.

In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:

They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off.

In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.

For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.

Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.

There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

“Say to Aaron, ‘None of your seed throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God. — read the full passage →

“The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’

The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →