Questions & Answers
Questions 351 (COD Page 1107)
Brother Branham, please explain First Corinthians–First Corinthians 11–11, and verse 4 through 6. Does not this mean a (s-e-...) separate–separate (c-o-...) covering from the hair, or is the long hair the only covering we need?
208 Get me First Corinthians 11. Let’s see, First Corinthians 11:4. It says, “When praying...” Oh, yeah, he...They got it here. They say, “In praying or prophesying, can we take our
hair–can we...” Let’s see, they got a line drawed through something here.
When prophesying–when prophesying, can we take our hair when we...If...You said: Can we take our hair on or off when we’re prophesying?
209 If you–if you got a hairpiece, you might, but I–I’d...or wearing one of these Beatle wigs, or something, but...If
I could look right in one, I’d probably wear one myself, but it...not a Beatle wig, but a–a hairpiece.
210 But that’s right. If you ain’t got no hair and you want one. If you can do it, that’s perfectly all right. Yes, sir! If a woman, her hair isn’t long enough, she wants a switch of hair in it, I’d say, put it on, Sister.
211 If a man takes bad colds and things, and wants a...some way...even to his appearance to his wife, if he wanted to wear a hairpiece, do it. Yes indeedy. Nothing wrong with that (no, sir!) no more than you would be your teeth, or artificial arm, or anything else. If nature has some–taken something from you and it’s so handy you go ahead, that’s perfectly all right. But it says here, “Can we take our hair on or off when praying or prophesying? What does this actually mean?”
212 All right, read, Brother Neville...was 4–4 to 6, all right, all right. Every man praying or prophesy,...his head covered, dishonors his head. (That is, if he’s got long hair. All
right.)
But every woman that prayeth or prophesy with her head uncovered dishonors her head:...(That’s herhusband.)...for that is even all as one if she were shaven.
For if a woman be not covered, let her also be shorn:...(If she wants to bob her hair, make her shave it all off slick. See? If she can’t have...)...but if it be not a shame for a woman to be–be a shame for a woman
to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
213 I don’t see nothing on taking on or taking off of hair there, unless the woman wants...He says, if she says she has to cut it, then let her shave it all off slick. See? Because if she doesn’t, let her have her hair; because her hair is her covering. But for a man to have his head covered, long hair like a woman, standing in the pulpit, he’d look like a woman up there. See? So he mustn’t have that like that. See?
214 That’s–that mean that they’re taking on hair or off...I think the person might’ve got mistaken in thinking there that it meant a–a man prophesying with his head covered, then he takes his covering off. See? No. That isn’t that he had long hair, it means, if he’s covered...Now, you read on down just a little further, you that asked the question, and you’ll find out that the woman’s head is her husband. How many knows that? And the man’s head is Christ; therefore, a man should cut his hair because of Christ, ’cause in Him is both man, woman, and all. He’s both father, mother, sister, brother, all. But in a man it’s masculine alone. Therefore, he must cut that off because of Christ; but in the woman is feminish alone, so she could have her covering; because her husband is over her. He is her lord, her ruler; so therefore, she must have long hair.
215 And then if she says she must, she has to cut it off, then let her be shaved. And said, if it’s a shame or disgrace for a woman, who is supposed to look pretty, and having her hair all shaved off, then let her have her covering on her head; let her have long hair. See? So it’s...Anybody...All explain it? I mean, does it sound all right? Say, “Amen!” if it does, if you got it. See? [Congregation replies, “Amen!”–Ed.] All right.