Following up our explanation of why head coverings matter in the new covenant age, we consider several objections — and even more questions — to flesh out the exegetical case, and apply it to modern life.

Objections answered:

1. It’s just cultural [00:02:08]

2. The hair is the covering [00:15:32]

3. Prayer and prophecy doesn’t mean worship, but spiritual gifts [00:17:23]

4. We can’t know what Paul really means, so we can’t be dogmatic about following it [00:27:14]

5. Men being uncovered doesn’t fit with men wearing crowns [00:28:45]

6. Nothing can “compete” with God’s glory [00:29:44]

Questions answered:

1. What does “on account of the angels” mean though? [00:31:54]

2. When and where should we cover? Only in worship, or during any religious activity? [00:33:50]

3. So we cover the covering? [00:36:56]

4. How much should we cover? [00:37:44]

5. What about the braided hair passages? [00:40:24]

6. What about dyeing your hair? [00:43:37]

7. How long should hair be? [00:45:57]

8. Is covering only for the married? [00:51:16]

9. How to answer non-head-coverers saying, “So you think I’m sinning?” [00:54:59]

10. Have you heard that covering should actually be translated testicle? [00:59:03]

11. Do you think Eve would have covered, either before or after the fall? [01:02:18]

References:

Daniel B. Wallace, What is the Head Covering in 1 Cor 11:2-16 and Does it Apply to Us Today? (June 2004)

K. P. Yohannan, Head Coverings (Kerala: Believers Church Publications, 2011), 12

Star Foster, Veiling: A Different Take On Pagan Womanhood (March 2012).

Tertullian, On the Pallium in Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers, American edition, vol. 4 (1885), 10.

Two Centuries of Costume in America, 1620–1820 (The Macmillan Company, 1903), Vol 2, 582

Brian Schwertley, Head Coverings in Public Worship, 11.

Chrysostom, Homilies, 1 Corinthians 11

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