1Cor 11:4-6 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Cor 11:4-6: 11:4-6 In this passage, head is used in both a literal and a figurative sense. A man who covers his (physical) head when he prays dishonors his (spiritual) head , Christ. A woman who prays or prophesies without a covering on her (physical) head thereby dishonors her (spiritual) head , her husband. • The spiritual gift of prophesying is the God-given ability to speak a specific word from God, not merely to predict the future (cp. 12:10 ; 14:1-5 ; 1 Thes 5:20 ). • if she prays or prophesies: Women were allowed to engage in public praying and prophesying in the church (cp. Acts 21:9 ).

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‏ 1 Corinthians 11:4-6

Summary for 1Cor 11:4-6: 11:4-6 ^a In this passage, head is used in both a literal and a figurative sense. A man who covers his (physical) head when he prays dishonors his (spiritual) head, Christ. A woman who prays or prophesies without a covering on her (physical) head thereby dishonors her (spiritual) head, her husband.

• The spiritual gift of prophesying is the God-given ability to speak a specific word from God, not merely to predict the future (cp. 12:10 ^b; 14:1-5 ^c; 1 Thes 5:20 ^d).

• if she prays or prophesies: Women were allowed to engage in public praying and prophesying in the church (cp. Acts 21:9 ^e).