God has been delivering me from the religious spirit over the years. I used to believe women must have their head covered while praying or prophesying per 1 Cor 11. Women covering their heads was indeed tradition or cultural.
It states that in verse 2 of that chapter. The word “ordinance” Paul says is tradition in the Greek. “Keep the ordinances as I deliver them to you.” So Paul is telling the church to keep the traditions in the Body of Christ and then goes on to mention women covering their heads. Why? It was a symbol to show male authority must remain in the church. That’s all.
Just like Communion is a symbol, it is not literally the Body and Blood of Jesus. A head covering is a traditional symbol of submission but not literally submission (for there are many other ways people can submit). Rather it was an outward show or display of such submission.
Yet I’ve seen tons of women who cover their heads who have issues with authority. I’ve seen and met women in the Body of Christ who never cover their heads show more submission to male authority in the church. So does the head covering make one submissive? No. It’s just an outward symbol of tradition.
Women are not in sin if they don’t cover their heads. I can’t imagine God ignoring the prayers of millions of His daughters simply for not covering their heads. That sounds like Old Testament ordinance mixing in with New Testament law of the Spirit. Thats the religious pharisee spirit. If a woman’s heart is submissive to male authorities, believing such sturcture in the church should remain while respecting them, as well as her husband at home, that’s all that matters. The true outward symbol on display will be her fruit rather than a hat or scarf on her head. Lots of women have scarves on their heads and then act like jerks in private. Gossip, judging, lying, slandering, nosy. All of those things matter more to God than a scarf on one’s head.
If you want to cover your heads as an outward display of submission have at it. But make sure your heart attitude is covered with Christ in the secret for that is the true submission. Again Paul was saying this was a tradition to keep as he must have began seeing the women and male roles slowly inverse in the church of Corinth, hence him also saying women should keep silent in the next chapter since they were supposedly interrupting meetings. Paul then told them to ask their husbands at home and remain silent during those services. So this seems to show the context of what Paul wrote in the previous chapter of head coverings.
If you ever heard a pastor or teacher saying you’re in sin for not covering your head or indirectly implying it (some won’t say it directly), you’re putting yourself in bondage and those leaders are religious, full of pride, ignorance, or both.
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WOMEN AND HEAD COVERINGS
God has been delivering me from the religious spirit over the years. I used to believe women must have their head covered while praying or prophesying per 1 Cor 11. Women covering their heads was indeed tradition or cultural.
It states that in verse 2 of that chapter. The word “ordinance” Paul says is tradition in the Greek. “Keep the ordinances as I deliver them to you.” So Paul is telling the church to keep the traditions in the Body of Christ and then goes on to mention women covering their heads. Why? It was a symbol to show male authority must remain in the church. That’s all.
Just like Communion is a symbol, it is not literally the Body and Blood of Jesus. A head covering is a traditional symbol of submission but not literally submission (for there are many other ways people can submit). Rather it was an outward show or display of such submission.
Yet I’ve seen tons of women who cover their heads who have issues with authority. I’ve seen and met women in the Body of Christ who never cover their heads show more submission to male authority in the church. So does the head covering make one submissive? No. It’s just an outward symbol of tradition.
Women are not in sin if they don’t cover their heads. I can’t imagine God ignoring the prayers of millions of His daughters simply for not covering their heads. That sounds like Old Testament ordinance mixing in with New Testament law of the Spirit. Thats the religious pharisee spirit. If a woman’s heart is submissive to male authorities, believing such sturcture in the church should remain while respecting them, as well as her husband at home, that’s all that matters. The true outward symbol on display will be her fruit rather than a hat or scarf on her head. Lots of women have scarves on their heads and then act like jerks in private. Gossip, judging, lying, slandering, nosy. All of those things matter more to God than a scarf on one’s head.
If you want to cover your heads as an outward display of submission have at it. But make sure your heart attitude is covered with Christ in the secret for that is the true submission. Again Paul was saying this was a tradition to keep as he must have began seeing the women and male roles slowly inverse in the church of Corinth, hence him also saying women should keep silent in the next chapter since they were supposedly interrupting meetings. Paul then told them to ask their husbands at home and remain silent during those services. So this seems to show the context of what Paul wrote in the previous chapter of head coverings.
If you ever heard a pastor or teacher saying you’re in sin for not covering your head or indirectly implying it (some won’t say it directly), you’re putting yourself in bondage and those leaders are religious, full of pride, ignorance, or both.
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