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Originally Posted by TRFrance
Yes I have. I didn't just pull this out of thin air. I have several Greek tools that I refer to for difficult NT passages.
Besides, I quoted 13 versions that disagree with you on that verse. ( I can provide many more if you like.)
Meanwhile, can you provide 13 versions that agree with you? Somehow I think not.
Are you really serious with that question?
OK... simple answer:
The same way "the heavens declare the glory of God". (Psalm 19:1)
There's your answer,sir. |
I am not advocating long hair on men at all and I know that most versions translate as you say. I understand that. I am more concerned with what Paul penned than with how the translator may have not gotten it correctly. I am not on a crusade here I am only offering these "takes" for discussion and things I have found in study.
Again, how does nature itself teach us that it is a shame for a man to have long hair?
Mankind, for thousands of years wore long hair and that is a fact. It had nothing to do with being effeminate or cross dressing or anything of the sort. Nature teaches us that a man naturally has long hair. History teaches that men have worn long hair far longer than short hair.
Nature does NOT teach us that it is a shame for a man to have long hair. That is what Paul was saying. Culture may, but nature does not. I can accept any cultural norm as long as it does not violate scripture.
A man having long hair does NOTHING to detract from the glory of God. Jesus had long hair, since He was Jewish and it would have been the cultural norm. If the hair on His head was not long, for sure His side burns were long. When I say long, I am not talking about long hair as in women either.
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