A Byte of the Word..

Thanks for making it to Part 3. If you haven't read the earlier parts, please take the time to read them when you're done with this post. God bless!!! Question 1. But doesn't Paul say that if we don't want to cover our head then we can just shorten our hair ? That part of Paul's teaching is often misconstrued and misinterpreted. In fact, he doesn't use "shorten", he says "shave off". Look at the verse in the Greek New Testament. εἰ γὰρ οὐ κατακαλύπτεται γυνή, καὶ κειράσθω · εἰ δὲ αἰσχρὸν γυναικὶ τὸ κείρασθαι ἢ ξυρᾶσθαι, κατακαλυπτέσθω. The word KEIRASTHO | κειράσθω is used only here and in Acts 18:18 (other than a reference to a sheep being shorn while talking about Jesus in Acts 8 ). Paul who takes on a vow to shave his hair is referred to in Acts 18:18. There are vows to let the hair grow long (Eg. Nazirite vow) but this reference here, about Paul, is not about a "shortening"-the-hair-vow. Its shaving the hair that ...