1 Corinthians 11:6

6 If the woman be not covered lett her also be shoren. If it be shame for a woma to be shorne or shave let her cover her heed.

1 Corinthians 11:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:6

For if the woman be not covered
That is, if her head is not covered with some sort of covering, as is the custom of the place where she lives,

let her also be shorn;
let her hair be cut short; let her wear it as men do theirs; and let her see how she will look, and how she will like that, and how she will be looked upon, and liked by others; everybody will laugh at her, and she will be ashamed of herself:

but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven:
as it is accounted in all civilized nations: the very Heathens ^F1 speak of it as a thing abominable, and of which there should not be one single dreadful example: then let her be covered; with a veil, or any sort of covering in common use.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Vid. Apul. Metamorph. l. 2. p. 21.

1 Corinthians 11:6 In-Context

4 Eevery ma prayinge or prophesyinge havynge eny thynge on his heed shameth his heed.

5 Every woman that prayeth or prophisieth bare hedded dishonesteth hyr heed. For it is even all one and the very same thinge even as though she were shaven.

6 If the woman be not covered lett her also be shoren. If it be shame for a woma to be shorne or shave let her cover her heed.

7 A man ought not to cover his heed for as moche as he is the image and glory of God. The woman is the glory of the man.

8 For the man is not of the woman but the woman of the ma.