Problem: Paul asked, “Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?” But, the length of a man’s hair is relative to the culture and time in which he lives. It is not something that is known by nature.
1 Cor. 11:10 – What does it mean that a woman has “authority” (exousia) on her head?
Problem: Paul writes, “Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head” (1 Cor. 11:10). Does this mean that women should be under a man’s authority? Or something else?
1 Cor 11:7-9 – Are women made in God’s image or man’s?
Problem: Paul writes that men are the “image and glory of God,” but women are the “glory of man.” What does he mean by this?
1 Cor 11:5-6 – Is it wrong for a woman to have her head uncovered while praying?
Problem: Paul writes, “Every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.” Why would this be offensive to God?
1 Cor 11:5 – Should women wear veils when they pray?
Problem: Paul insisted here that “every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head” (v. 5). Does this mean that women should wear veils in church today, or is this purely cultural? And if it is cultural, then how do we know what is cultural and what is not?
1 Cor 11:4 Is it wrong for a man to wear a baseball cap while praying?
Problem: Paul writes, “Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying disgraces his head.” What does this mean? Should men remove their hats when they are in fellowship or while praying?
Can You Lose Your Salvation
John 5:24 – Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
John 6:37 – All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will [a]by no means cast out.
John 10:28 – And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
Rom 8:38-39 – For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Cor 1:8 – who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor 1:21-22 – Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, 22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
Eph 1:4 – who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
Phil 1:6 – being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
2 Tim 4:18 – And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!
Heb 7:25 – Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
Heb 9:12 – Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
Heb 9:15 – And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
1 Pet 1:3-4 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
1 John 5:13 – These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
1 Cor 11:3 – Does the Bible teach that men have authority over women?
Problem: Paul writes, “Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ” (1 Cor. 11:3). Some Christian theologians hold that Paul’s use of the word “head” (kephalē) implies that men (or perhaps husbands) have authority over women (or perhaps wives). Is this the case?
1 Cor 11:2 – Should we follow traditions or not?
Problem: Paul writes, “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you” (1 Cor. 11:2).
1 Cor 10:33 – Was Paul a man-pleaser or not?
Problem: Paul writes, “I also please all men in all things” (1 Cor. 10:33). However, in Galatians 1:10, “If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.” Was Paul a man-pleaser or not?