Thanks for all the response and clarification.

A couple of things here.

On the menial order of things, are you sure Paul could “care less”?
Paul and Silas were asked, what must I do to be saved? The answer was simple and to the point, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved. (See Acts 16:30 and 31) There was no mention of having long, short or any hair. Paul could care less about hair.

Again, 1 Corinthians 11:6, if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn. Paul was not making a condemning remark, as the woman was not to be covered in accordance with 1 Corinthians 11:3, so the only caution was if it be a shame, then she should cover her head, body part. Paul could care less about hair.

Acts 16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
Acts 16:30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

1 Corinthians 11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

1 Corinthians 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.



I understand your point of conveying “reproach” or “disgrace”, but to the point of dismissing v14:

“Does not the very nature of things teach you, , that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory?” (ICor 11:14:15)
Paul is still referring to a woman covering her head, man/husband. He asks is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? In certain places it did not matter, in others it was a shame but in the church there is no such custom. The statement is but if a woman have long hair. You even brought this up yourself, what if she doesn’t have long hair? Hair is a non-issue.

1 Corinthians 11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
1 Corinthians 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
1 Corinthians 11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
1 Corinthians 11:16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.



Back to the item of predominant consensus, I noticed you went strangely silent. I’m sure most all of us here have had our share of reading formal opinion. Those thousands of scholars behind all those pages of commentary we often hear vilified (myself as well) from the pulpit to pew isn’t quite as refreshing to me as it once was. But then how could it? I too was steeped in un-biblical denominationism, thereby commentary was bias, the table of dialog was bias and communion with the brethren was un-biblically bias.
I am of the opinion that the church fathers and our Bible scholars were and still are writing their opinions of what scripture is saying. The only thing we have to go on as to if their opinion is correct is to compare it to what scripture says. If the expressed opinion agrees with scripture then you are free to agree with them. The authors of the books of the Bible were not stating opinion so we have to agree with them always even if the fore mentioned writers do not. Are we not to check the scriptures to see if these things are so?



If you ask me, the effort shown from the non-liberal Church has treated Jesus’ wish to the Father, “that they may all be one” (Jn 17:11) with the lowest of all independent priorities. How has it faired? Since the times of the Apostles, far above as the most successful endeavor the Church has set out to do.

Since I shook myself free of that un-biblical bondage of dis-unity, I have been able to more easily read the labors of some fabulous minds of sound doctrine without overwhelming doubt. I am confident you are free of this as well.
There is unity in Christ as all those that are in Christ agree that Jesus is Lord. All the rest will come together when we meet him face to face.