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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Questions and Answers, Part 1
64-0823M §98
And the braid---but braided... The question was: Does "braided" mean---"broided" mean "braided"? Yes, that's right. And now, on the street... Now, I looked that up to find out years ago what the "braided" hair meant, see. The women, actually, the women of old, they just pulled their hair back and tied it, more like in the ponytail today. And they went around... They had robes on like that, but the women of the street took their hair and braided it all across their heads, and wrapped it around like that, and put flo...
Lamb and Dove
60-0805 §31
...we're going to come home to Pentecost just a little bit. We're going to wonder what's happening to our Pentecostal people. You know, it used to be a horrible thing for our women to cut their hair. It used to be awful. I can remember that, and I've only been with them just a few years. But now it's all right, they cut their hair. And the Bible said that the hair on a woman was for her glory. And the Bible said that if a woman cuts her hair, she dishonors her head, which is her husband. And if she cuts her hair, her...
Thy House
61-0808 §107
I was noticing all these women here with their long hair and everything, it looks like... Oh, they could be as nice one way as the other, you know, whether they had short hair or not; but it just looks so ... you know what I mean. Maybe it's just me. There's that little girl. She's a little bit bashful, isn't she?
Questions and Answers, Part 4
64-0830E §75
So then, if it was something I wanted to do it, and felt to do it, I'd do it. Yes, sir! There's not a thing says not to do it. Not a thing says, Sister, that you can't wear a rat, or switch of hair, or something or another in your... That's perfectly all right, but let your hair stay long. And men, you cut yours off. What you got, keep it cut. See? Then, that settles that. And woman, you dress like a woman. And men, you dress like a man; don't try to be a sissy and wear womens' clothes. And women, don't you try to...
Questions and Answers, Part 2
64-0823E §33
...ore wedding rings, only it was a tablet they called it, around their head, nine pieces of coin in it. But I ... to show they were married. Now, I think that's all right. If women want to dress and make themselves look decent, clean, ladylike, why, I think there's not a thing to that, to me. But when you get to going to put that thing into making it a little pride, then you're wrong. It's your attitude. Do you women remember here not long ago they had what they called "scandal skirts"? I think they're coming out aga...