“Alternate” reading? See, this is what I believe you are doing here. It appears to be an overemphasizing of the headship seen in V3 on your part so you can more easily separate, not accommodate the Apostle’s elaboration concerning that headship. Your difficulty in inserting extra-biblical meaning of “pride” is neither disproved nor stated or implied at all. There is only one reason:
V7”For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God”
The same applies to the rest of your comments here which are correct, but short of that which I previously said, an interrelation with V3.
Paul wrote it and I am reading it. This is not an “overemphasizing” of the headship, it is pointing out what is being overlooked as to what heads are to be covered and uncovered. If verse 3 was to be remembered while looking at the rest of the verses that are related to covering of heads then the whole idea of hair length as the covering or uncovering would not even be coming to the forefront.

The pride factor is not so far-fetched either. (See Proverbs 16:18) If a man was to place himself in front of Christ and cover him he would be covering his head. Growing long hair on your head, body part is not going to cover Christ, your head. Man’s head, body part, is not the image and glory of God, Christ is. (See Hebrews 1:2 and 3) The whole commentary is about the head as described in verse 3.

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Hebrews 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

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.



Possibly, this is a bit like a couple that went to the bank to withdraw a large stack of unbound singles from the teller. A large line of intensely curious onlookers behind sees the woman attempting to manhandle the many bills, but because she didn’t bring a purse, everyone becomes embarr***ed with her. Of course, you-know-who was able to catch and carry every one of them with ease, recomposing all anxiety (shame).

Now we can see that the Bank (Head) wasn’t at fault for the missing purse (covering), but it would have been handy advice to apply beforehand, or accommodate shall we say. Neither is the purse to be confused with the bank, but knows who may not be following instructions for the greater good.

My point is as with this p***age, non-par***ioned.
The head, Christ, man and God are not, in this case, responsible to maintain the covering or uncovering. The man is responsible to keep Christ uncovered and the woman is responsible to keep the man/husband covered. The covering of these heads of verse 3 is not the hair on the heads (body part) of the man or the woman in verses 4 and 5.

1 Corinthians 11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
1 Corinthians 11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.