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Originally Posted by RJR
Yes, teach the younger women. A far cry from what you are implying.
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Wrong. Paul said that to prophesy with their heads uncovered was to shamed a woman's "head" (her husband). Paul also said that if a woman wouldn't cover her head, let her also be shorn or shaven, because it is as if she already were. That was a penalty inflicted publically on immoral and immodest women. Paul was basically saying, if women don't cover their heads in gatherings while prophesying, they look like harlots. And it was a big deal, because while prophesying they had the entire groups attention. Custom in Paul's day was that a woman should wear a head covering when in mixed company. It wasn't required if the gathering was strictly women.
So... the fact that Paul allows a woman to prophesy with her head covered indicates that a woman can indeed speak before mixed company. Now, you'll argue that "prophesying isn't preaching". And frankly, I think that's stupid. Because prophesy is anointed preaching that is being led of the Holy Ghost wherein words of knowledge, wisdom, and interpretation often flow.
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