African Women Have Naturally Short Coiled and Kinky Hair. If They Do Not Cut it, are They Covered?
Yes. If a woman does not cut her hair and lets it grow as God gave it, she is covered—no matter the texture or how long it appears.
The Bible says, “If a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering” (1 Corinthians 11:15). And again, it warns that if she is “shorn or shaven” she dishonors her head (1 Corinthians 11:5–6). The issue in Scripture is not inches or a certain look—it’s whether the hair is cut off or allowed to grow. “Doth not even nature itself teach you…?” (1 Corinthians 11:14–15). God made different hair types among women, and He Himself gave woman her hair for a covering.
Now notice, the Word makes the contrast between shorn/shaven and long. Long means let it grow; shorn/shaven means cut off. So if a sister’s hair is naturally tight, coiled, or appears short, but she keeps it uncut, she is covered before God. He doesn’t judge by outward length measurements but by obedience to His order. If it’s uncut, it’s long to God. If it’s cut, it’s uncovered—no matter the texture.
So, keep the hair uncut as a sign of honor and submission to God’s Word. God looks at the obedience, not the inches.
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The uncertain sound
60-1218 §172
And we American women, you church members... (I'm not talking so much of you here. This is tapes. you know.) You church members out there, wearing shorts, and carrying on the way you are, every year you take a little bit off. And then you have shorts, and then shorty shorts, and then shorty shorts, and shorty shorts and all like that. Well, you poor deluded church member, you're worse than they are in Africa. When them women stood right there that day, when thirty thousand received Christ as their personal Saviour...
Ashamed
65-0711 §64
Rebekah and George went to see this lady. She went, got a girl that was suffering with a ... kind of retarded a little. So they had me come over there to see the girl the other night. And I went over there; the little lady was sitting there, and I said, "Are you a believer?" She said, "I don't know whether I am or not." Well, she wasn't retarded, just a devil spirit; they don't realize it. See, it takes you and you don't know it. It comes in... Violence overcomes a person and they don't know it. Women that walks ou...
The anointed ones at the end time
65-0725M §85
...ons, ^^ (No true love even for one another, man to woman, woman to man. Not even natural affections. Filth sexually.)^^ truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, and despisers of those that are good, In other words, say "You bunch of holy rollers." Someone asked the other day about coming up here to the church, said, "Don't go up there; all it is is a big bunch of noise and carrying on." Despisers of those. Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God; You say, "Brother Branha...
And thy Seed shall possess the gate of His enemy
62-0121M §69
A woman might be as ugly as all get out. She might be big, fat, little, skinny, black-headed, brown-eyed, blue-eyed, gray-eyed, one one way, and one the other. But if that woman is clean... Lady, there ain't a man in the country but what would take off his hat to them, if he's got an ounce of man in him (that's right), because she's... She produces what she is, and men appreciate it. So God'll appreciate a man that'll be what he is. Or men that professes Christianity, let's be a Christian filled with the Holy Ghost...
Jesus keeps all of His appointments
64-0418E §66
she didn't have no towel to wipe His feet with. So, her hair was hanging down, and she began to wipe His feet with the hair that was on her head. Wouldn't our sisters have a time doing that? They'd have to stand on their head to do it, see, our sisters today. Wonder if the women realize that God keeps all of His promises. I wonder if you realize that it's totally impossible for you to get in like that. He keeps all of His promises. Do you realize what you're doing, when you're doing that? You're denying virtue. The...