If a Sister's Hair Is Woven, or Plaited or Matted in Cornrows but Not Cut, is She Covered?
1) Direct answer
Yes. If her own hair is uncut, she is covered. Braiding, plaiting, or cornrows do not remove the covering. But she should keep it modest and avoid adding false hair or making a show of it.
2) Scriptural explanation
- The Bible says, “Her hair is given her for a covering” (1 Corinthians 11:15). The covering God recognizes is a woman’s own hair.
- Paul warns against outward display: “not with braided hair… but with good works” and “not the plaiting of the hair” as an adornment (1 Timothy 2:9; 1 Peter 3:3). The point is modesty and a meek spirit, not elaborate styling that draws attention.
3) Simple clarifying logic
- The covering is not a cloth; it is the hair God gave her. If it’s uncut, she is covered.
- Cutting removes the sign of authority; styling does not.
- Simple braids for neatness can be modest; showy, elaborate plaits that advertise the flesh are not.
- Adding artificial hair, wigs, or weaves is not the God-given covering and turns it into outward adornment.
4) Reinforcing statement
Keep the hair God gave, uncut and modest. That’s the covering Scripture honors.
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61-0520 §61
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Balm in Gilead
61-0218 §52
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62-1111M §22
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Questions and Answers, part 2
54-0103E §61
I don't know. This might have been a woman that asked this. Something else come in my mind, so I might as well say it. The women, when they were to come in the church, was, according to the New Testament, was to walk in and sit down with a veiled face and sad countenance, and there remain all the service. That's according to the Scripture. Now. But I think a woman... Sure. Now, I'm not condemning you women, see. A young lady come to me a while ago. Brother Junior was there present when a woman come, that she'd had...