I Corinthians 10, Head Coverings

 

I Corinthians10 – Head Coverings

The concern over head coverings for women was likely a cultural need to keep harmony in the church in Corinth. While head coverings may not be required in many cultures today, the principles behind Paul’s word are timeless. Christian women should show respect for Christian men and exhibit reverent behavior in worship. Reverence and respect are always important to maintain the church’s witness to the watching world. In the Jewish religion it was customary to wear veils, so this wasn’t new to them. If she did not wear a veil it would imply that she had disregarded the restrictive demands of marriage.

“If a woman has long hair it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.” It was meant for men to have short hair and women to have long hair. It was not a commandment that women wear veils, but it was suggested to women to have long hair for it was her covering. This was told the Corinthians so that Paul could express to the women that they should be reverent and respectful to the men who were appointed as Christian leaders in their lives.

It is not the cutting of the hair or not cutting of the hair that represents our relationship to Christ. How we wear our hair is totally up to us if we are not using it as a form of disrespect or rebellion toward the heads of our family or to Christ Himself. Our relationship to Christ is not what we do but in what we believe and in our obedience to the Lord.

In Paul’s time, the people had turned the Lord’s supper into a place of wine and dine and not consider the poor or needy. They forgot what the Lord’s supper represented. It was no longer in memory of our Savior who bled and died for us. Paul reminds them that it was on this very night in which He was betrayed, that Jesus, thinking not of self, but of his disciples left this memorial. This memorial has blessed and warmed the hearts of His followers and sweetened Christian fellowship among the ages. It is a means to “show the Lord’s death until He comes.” Paul admonished the Corinthians that if they abused the Lord’s supper, they are not worthy to take it at all. Paul tells us to prove ourselves. If we are doing it as a memorial to Christ and we are thankful to Him for His great sacrifice, then we will be taking of it in a worthy manner.

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