John Gill's Exposition on 1 Corinthians 11:6

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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For if the woman be not covered, etc.] That is, if her head is not covered with some sort of covering, as is the custom of the place where she lives, let her also be shorn; let her hair be cut short; let her wear it as men do theirs; and let her see how she will look, and how she will like that, and how she will be looked upon, and liked by others; everybody will laugh at her, and she will be ashamed of herself: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven: as it is accounted in all civilized nations: the very Heathens f216 speak of it as a thing abominable, and of which there should not be one single dreadful example: then let her be covered; with a veil, or any sort of covering in common use.

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