Is it a sin for a woman to cut her hair?<\/p>\n\t
“Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him? But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering<\/i>” (I Corinthians 11:14-15).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“Long” is a relative term. God is not dictating a specific length of hair. Instead, he insists that men’s prevailing hairstyles are shorter than women’s. I don’t know of a passage that forbids a woman from cutting her hair.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Is it a sin for a woman to cut her hair? Answer: “Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him? 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Someone told me about the Greek Word: G473\u00a0Anti from I Corinthians 11:15 and said that the hair was given to a woman instead of the veil.\u00a0Can you please explain to me\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49075,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-a-sin-to-shave-off-ones-beard\/","url_meta":{"origin":68939,"position":1},"title":"Is it a sin to shave off one’s beard?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Is it a sin to shave off one's beard? I heard an argument that God gave men beards to differentiate them from women and that they shouldn't shave them off because that's saying to God that He made a mistake on their faces? 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But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1621,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/hair\/","url_meta":{"origin":68939,"position":4},"title":"Hair","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 1, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton \"Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering\" (I Corinthians 11:14-15).\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":83013,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/two-coverings-under-consideration\/","url_meta":{"origin":68939,"position":5},"title":"Two Coverings Under Consideration","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Elvis Smith Some contend that I Corinthians 11:2-16 only requires long hair as a covering on a woman. But I suggest that if that were so, the three phrases like \"praying or prophesying\" found in I Corinthians 11:4, 5, and 13 would have no real significance. 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