Back when I was a new believer, whenever I encounter chapters like 1 Corinthians 11 in the Bible questions like:
"Why church today does not apply head coverings for women when it is clearly written on the Bible?"
"Are we disobeying God? Why do we cut our hairs when it says that it is dishonoring?"
Can you relate to that? 😅
But as I learn how to understand the Bible, difficult verses like these became clearer to me.
You see, those commands were written for a first century Christians who were in a very different culture than we have today.
That's why it is important to read the cultural context of the certain book in the Bible.
As for the head coverings, I read that back in the first century Roman society, it was a symbol of being a married woman. Without head coverings, they dishonor their husbands because it was as if they were saying that they were still not married.
In our culture, head coverings is not a symbol of being married.. Having wedding ring is. So you see the gap between their culture and ours?
That's why when we read the Bible we should ask first "What does this mean to them?" then from that, we can see the difference between their culture and ours so we can know how to apply it from there.
If you read that chapter you would see that some principle isn't just for their culture like the husband's headship in the family/over his wife. This is a principle that is followed even in our generation.
This is just an example of the things that we can observe and ask when we read the Bible. It's really good to learn and grow with our understanding of His written word ❤️
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