A question about the bible???

Question

What's it say in the Bible about women having long hair? Where in the Bible does it say that?

Answer 1

What does the Bible say about hair length?





Question: "What does the Bible say about hair length? Do men have to have short hair, and do women have to have long hair?"



Answer: The passage that deals with hair length in the New Testament is found in 1 Corinthians 11:3-15. The context of this passage is that the Corinthian church was in the middle of a controversy about the roles of men and women under the authority of God. In the Corinthian society, women with short hair or shaved heads were usually pagan temple prostitutes. The Apostle Paul gives the church some guidelines so that the Corinthians can be distinguished from the society around them. The Apostle lays down the order of God's authority and he uses hair length as part of a demonstration of that authority.



Within this passage we see that a woman should have power, authority, or jurisdiction over her (1 Corinthians 11:10), and a sign of her submission to that authority over her is her "covering" of long hair. A wife is to be under the authority of her husband and the husband is under the authority of God. A woman's hair is her "glory," and it shows that she has voluntarily placed herself under submission to the order of God (1 Corinthians 11:3), by being under the authority and protection of her own husband.



However the passage does not stop with a woman's hair length. "Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?" (1 Corinthians 11:14). A woman who is wearing her hair longer than a man marks herself out distinctively as a woman and not a man. Therefore, a wife's hair is to be longer than her husband's because it shows submission to his headship. God is not interested nor does He accept unisex. The roles of the male and female are designed by God to portray a profound spiritual lesson and truth and that is of submission to the Will and the order of God.



This passage teaches a man's wearing of long hair is a shame "to him." The word shame means a disgrace, reproach, indignity, or dishonor, or something that is inappropriate. Jewish men were not to wear their hair long because it was a sign of rebellion against God. In the pagan Corinthian society, some men wore their hair long and were effeminate. The shame for a man to wear long hair was that it revealed his heart rejection of his role, his place in the chain of command as leader, head, and protector of the woman (Ephesians 5:25-33). Therefore, long hair on a man revealed rebellion against God's established order because the man refused his unique position in God's chain of command. What we see in our modern society is that fashion is sometimes more important than obedience to God. A believer who wears his hair long is making more than a fashion statement. He is saying that he is out of God's established order. Long hair on a man is indicative of a rebellious heart issue and not just about the outward physical persona.



Therefore, the Apostle Paul is teaching the church of Corinth that a man's shorter hair is a sign of his submission to the LORD (1 Corinthians 11:3) and of acceptance of his place in the chain of command, which is also headship over the woman or his wife. It has nothing to do with worth. The husband is the head of the wife as God is the head of Christ and there is no in equality here or inferiority. God and Christ are one and the same and the husband and the wife are one. The wife is only submissive to her husband in marriage and not to every man on earth. If she has an employer, she should be obedient to him but not in the same way a wife is submissive to her husband. This is not a passage that teaches that the woman is inferior to man or should be submissive to every man. It is teaching God's order and spiritual headship.



In the Corinthian society even the length of a husband and wife's hair portrayed a powerful testimony to the both the visible and invisible worlds, because angels were watching their obedience to God (1 Corinthians 11:10). Believers today are also on that same stage and are being watched in their male and female roles of headship, submission, and authority. The Apostle Paul told the church at Corinth that the length of their hair revealed their submission to God's authority.



However, rather than standards of legalism, we must remember that the real issue inherent in the Biblical relationship of the man and woman to each other has to with their heart condition and their individual response to the authority of God, His ordained order and their choice to walk in submission to that authority. While it is "lawful" for us to choose to do "all things," not all things build us up spiritually (1 Corinthians 6:12, 1 Corinthians 10:23). Therefore, the choices we make when it comes to our personal appearance reveals something about our heart condition. The reality is that hair length has a purpose in that it demonstrates whether or not believers are in submission to the authority of God, and it also serves to illustrate the difference between the sexes. While we do not advocate legalistic standards for hair length, we do hold that men and women should be distinguished by their hair. A man's hair should look masculine. A woman's hair should look feminine.

Answer 2

As far as I know there is no reference in the Bible as to the length of anyones hair,with the exception of Sampson.The reference to women having long hair in Corithians is a rule of the Curch in the city of Corinth That they cover they're heads while attending so that those of questionable professions would not be easily recognized and would feel more at ease in church.1 Corinthians 11:16 holds the crux of Paul's message to them."We have no such practices,Nor have the Churches of God.

Answer 3

I think that what really matters is ones heart towards God.

His word says that He loves mercy and not sacrifice.

Meaning that we are not subject to or under the legalistic law.

Consider what God's Word says about what is worthwhile concerning women and their hair.

1 Peter 3:3-5
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.

Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.

For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful........

It doesn't matter if your hair is long or short,

What matters is your Heart!

Answer 4

Please turn to 1 Corinthians 9:1 and notice the Apostle Paul states in this verse that he has seen the Lord. Two chapters later in 11:14-15 he states, "Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair it is a shame unto him? But if the woman have long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering." "Shame" means abomination. Something that stinks in the nostrils of God.

Answer 5

Leviticus 19:27, Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. (Both for men)
Luke 7:44, 'but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.'
Also 1 Timothy 2:9.
1Peter 3:3. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.

Answer 6

Corinthians 11:15
15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering

Answer 7

In Corinthians it mentions that women having long hair are honoring to God. However, many people believe that this is cultural and of little importance today.

Answer 8

Seek and ye shall find, knock and the door shall be opened to you whether your hair is long or short. I prefere long hair for weman that is well groomed and short or regular hair cuts for men well groomed. I think God preferes this too.

Answer 9

# 1 Corinthians 11:15
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering.

Answer 10

In 1 Corinthians 11:3-16
Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is just as though her head were shaved. If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head. A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. For this reason, and because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head. In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God. Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God.

contentious means: exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes