1 Corinthians 11:5 meaning and explanation
And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.
1 Corinthians 11:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is writing to the church in Corinth, addressing how women and men should dress when they pray or prophesy in gathered worship. In that culture a woman's uncovered head could signal loose morals or shame, and Paul says such a woman dishonors her head, meaning either herself or the man she is under.
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