Now I hope that you can see from this passage the difference between command and custom. Most of what Paul is saying here is related to command. Verse 8 – Paul states that it is his apostolic desire; the holy tradition that he is inculcating here in relation to the enduring principle of male headship, that the men, (tous andras), “the males”, pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or doubting. This is their role in the public gathered worship of the church, and everywhere that they might pray, he says. The women are likewise to pray, but not audibly in the public assembly. In terms of their focus on their own role in public worship, they are to adorn themselves modestly, dressing appropriately and remembering the grace of moderation. They were not to overly focus on their hair (braiding it intricately), or adorning themselves with gold and pearls or costly clothing, but rather they were to be thinking of what was proper for women professing godliness, with good works.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...