Did Paul let his hair grow long?

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Originally Posted by ManOfWord

No he did not. Show me where. And before you use Cor. you had better look at your Greek NT and see what Paul really wrote and how it is completely mistranslated.

The sentence is a statement, not a question. The text reads: "Nature itself does not teach you that if a man has long hair it is a dishonor to him."

Nature teaches us that a man's hair grows long. It is the culture which teaches us that something is shameful or not......as long as it is not expressly prohibited in God's word.

The preponderance of the available evidence contradicts this assertion.
The vast majority of bible translations render it as a question, not a statement.
I think it's quite a stretch to say that all these bible translators and Greek scholars got it wrong:

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,
GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Doesn't nature itself teach you that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair?
King James Bible
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
American King James Version
Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame to him?
American Standard Version
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
Bible in Basic English
Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that a man indeed, if he nourish his hair, it is a shame unto him?
Darby Bible Translation
Does not even nature itself teach you, that man, if he have long hair, it is a dishonour to him?
English Revised Version
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonour to him?
Webster's Bible Translation
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man hath long hair, it is a shame to him?
Weymouth New Testament
Does not Nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a dishonor to him,
World English Bible
Doesn't even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
Young's Literal Translation
doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?