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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Pride
55-0807A §57
God be merciful. Oh, my! My Lord... And that cold-hearted bunch of Pharisees sitting there, indifferent. Oh, my! Wiping His blessed feet with the hairs of her head. Some of you women to do that, would have to stand on your head. You cut your hair. That's right. I don't say it for a joke. The Bible said, "The glory of a woman is in her hair." And you cut yours off. What was it? What was it? It was her glory. The only decent thing she had about her was her long hair, and it had fallen all down at Jesus' feet. Her tea...
Hebrews, Chapter 7, part 2
57-0922 §78
How did David Livingstone make a covenant with the African Negro, to go into his land? He went and got the chief, that he could pass through up there to preach the Gospel and to do the work, and they took a glass of wine. Here's a covenant by the Negro in Africa. They had a glass of wine. And the Negro chief plucked his own veins, and bled them out in this glass of wine, and David Livingstone plucked his own veins, and bled it out in a glass of wine. They stirred it up; Livingstone drank half of it, and the Negro c...
The Masterpiece
64-0705 §109
Now, I am an American, but this just made me sick. I am not eloquent enough to, in a mixed audience, to say what was taking place; and you'll have to read between the lines. But when the women were coming, the leader of them was a witch. She had a great long nose and a great big mouth. And all of them was dressed with some kind of lower clothes down here, but the top just had a strap that just ... a little, about a half inch strap that moved up and went around them like this. And each woman had something on the ord...
A True Sign that's overlooked
61-1112 §111
What we need is the gospel. God, rise someone on the scene that's right back to the Word. God said it's not even a decent thing for a woman to even come to church and pray with her hair cut. And a woman that cuts her hair, a man has a perfect right to get a divorce from her. She's a dishonorable woman. The Bible said so. She's dishonorable to her husband, she maybe not know it. Any woman that'll wear shorts is dishonorable. She might not know it. Lady, I ain't trying to hurt you. I'm trying to save you from a lake...
You must be born again
61-1231M §104
Short cuts! Tonight, they're out here today, they're going on, oh, my, and tomorrow they want to preach. Pentecostal people letting them do that, too. Yeah. They want a short cut to heaven. "Hallelujah, all I have to do is get down here and just don't think of nothing at all," and say, "Hallelujah, hallelujah, I got on Elijah's garment. I'm going out tomorrow to cast out devils. Hallelujah, hallelujah, I got it! Praise God, here I go!" They want the short cut to heaven, taking as much of the world as they can take....