1 Corinthians 11:2-16
2 I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you.
3 But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved.
6 For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.
7 A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.
8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;
9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
10 It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.
11 Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
12 For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
16 If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God.
How you look in public can be
or
.
God wants Christians to be
in how we look in public.
How you look communicates what you
of your leader (vv. 2-10).
Each of us has a
(vv. 2-3).
“Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.” —Ephesians 5:22-24
Some looks deliberately
the leader (vv. 4-9).
So choose a look that communicates
for your leader (v. 10).
How you look communicates what you
of God’s created order (vv. 11-15).
God created men and women to work
(vv. 11-12).
God created men and women to look
from each other (vv. 13-15).
How you look communicates whether or not you want to cause
(v. 16). Big Idea:
a look that is before God. Choose a look that indicates your biological
.
Choose a look that indicates your
status.
Wear your wedding
in public.
Change your
name to match your husband’s last name.
Choose a look that isn’t deliberately
.