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Topic: A new take for me on this verse?
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oneinchrist
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Good Morning Eden,
Yah, actually I used to read into those verses the same as you did also...so they didnt make all that sense to me. It seemed like a petty thing for Paul to be talking about. But, when you describe the meaning as you do, it does seem to make more sense to me. I know culture has changed much since that time, but I still believe that the idea of respect still holds water, but moreso in the heart than anywhere else. With love in Christ, Daniel
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Eden
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aiopj, I think it makes a LOT of sense. This is the first time that these 3 verses from 1 Corinthians 11 make sense to me. If the head referred to was NOT their own but was their hierarchial head, then it all makes sense.
Hallelujah. However, I'm open to hearing if anything can disprove this view. IN THE MEANTIME, I LIKE IT A LOT!
love, Eden
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aiopj
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It makes some sense.
Now, can we come up with a scriptural line of thought -- other, supporting Scripture -- for this view?
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1 Corinthians 11:3-5 (KJV)
3 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.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
5 But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
Eden here:
As long as I have been a Christian I have read these 3 verses, but I may have missed their correct meaning.
Note first of all in v.3 that the HEAD of the man is Christ and that the HEAD of the woman is the man.
Then v.4 says that if the man prayed with his own head covered, that the man then dishonored HIS head.
And then v.5 said that if the woman prayed with her head UNcovered, she dishonored HER head.
That is, ntil yesterday when, with the help of another Christian, I suddenly realized that the following.
Who is the man's head? Christ.
And who is the woman's head? The man.
Since Christ is the head of man, when the man prays with his OWN head covered, then the man dishonors his head which is....Christ! Because by covering his own head the man is symbolically saying that Christ is NOT his head: the man DISHONORS HIS HEAD, which is Christ!
Likewise the woman, when the woman prays with her OWN head UNcovered, then the womman dishonors HER head which is ... the man! Because by UNcovering her own head the woman is symbolically saying that the man is NOT her head: the womman DISHONORS HER HEAD, which is the man!
Let me repeat v.3:
1 Corinthians 11
3 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.
Does anybody agree with this?
Love, Eden
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