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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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...
Conferences
60-0228 §4
...ife said to me, she said, "Billy, you're almost bald-headed." I said, "Yes." It was because, to start with, from a barber putting carbolic acid on my hair. It all come out, and then it never did come back right. I said, "But, Honey, I want to tell you, I haven't lost one of them." She said, "Pray tell me where they're at." I said, "Well, I will answer you if you'll answer me." She said, "All right." I said, "Where were they before I got them? They were bound to be a substance somewhere, and wherever they were befor...
Why little Bethlehem?
63-1214 §97
I said the other day, about Jacqueline Kennedy, how many times I've rebuked you women for cutting your hair, wearing makeup, you Pentecostal women cutting your hair, which God said it's... You make yourself a street harlot when you do it. And, according to God, your husband has no right to live with you any longer. A woman that cuts her hair, dishonors her head, which is her husband. That's exactly. What did I say about it? And you call me out on it, I get the letters, "You old crank." All right, they called Elijah...
The mark of the beast
56-0715 §30
Like Eve was in the garden of Eden. Adam turned his back on God and went with Eve. And America and the rest of the world has turned their back on God and went with the women. That's scorching. But that's true. Look around. Why, you men! What's the matter with you? Any man that'll let his wife wear clothes like that and smoke cigarettes, that shows what you're made out of. Men, do you know you're the sons of God? You don't know God is; and you don't fear God, you fear your wife. That's right. Broken cisterns. Hollyw...
Door to the heart
59-1128 §29
But you see, pride... The rest of the women. "If I have to let my hair grow out..." Now, I'm not saying this, that, or the other; I'm just talking about the Bible, see. The Bible said a woman that cuts her hair cuts her---she cuts away her glory. She dishonors her husband when she does it. Used to be, you full Gospel women all wore long hair. What happened? "Why," you say, "that's my American privilege." But if you're a lamb... If you are a lamb, a lamb sacrifices everything that he's got. A lamb hasn't got nothing...