I Corinthians 11 talks about the hair of a woman being her glory. So many people distinguish the verses from cutting or trimming, I think that both of them are the same thing. In verse 6, the Bible uses the word shorn that has been translated from the Greek word keiro, which means “to sheer: a sheep, to get or let be shorn, of shearing or cutting short the hair of the head.” Keiro is used in two other places in the New Testament. The word is translated shearer in Acts 8:32 that reads, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth." In this verse used in reference to the shearing of the sheep, which may think a simple trimming of the hair. Instead, it suggests a complete or near complete removal of hair from the skin. No one would suggest that a sheep has been shorn if only one lock of hair has been cut from the sheep, yet that is what those that maintain that shorn means “cut at all” are suggesting by saying that if a woman trims her hair, (even unnoticeably), she is shorn. In another place this word is used is Acts 18:18, “And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.” We see here that Paul had taken the Nazarite vow. Those who took the Nazarite vow (both men and women) were required to cut off all of their hair at its completion (Num 6:18; cf. 6:2, 6:5), not simply trim it. So basically if you cut or trim your hair doesn't matter it's the same as shaving it all off. Remember God gave you your hair for a reason, so use it wisely!
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
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