1 Corinthians 11:13-15

Judge in yourselves Return to the argument in 1 Corinthians 11:10. An appeal is now made to our natural feeling of what is proper and becoming. Man, as his sphere is the world, and as he is the highest of God's creatures in it, needs no covering to hide him from the gaze of others. Woman, as being, whether married or unmarried, under the dominion of man, receives of God's providence the covering of her long hair, whereby she may veil herself from the gaze of those who are not her natural protectors.

is it comely Decet, Vulgate. Bisemethit? Wiclif. Our version follows Tyndale here, and is equivalent in our modern language to Is it proper? Is it becoming?"It is impossible," remarks Robertson, "to decide how much of our public morality and private purity is owing to the spirit which refuses to overstep the smallest bound of ordinary decorum." And again, "Whatever contradicts feelings which are universally received," that is "in questions of morality, propriety, and decency," "is questionable to say the least."

uncovered Not hilid(veiled) on the heed, Wiclif. Bare hedded, Tyndale.