Is long hair on men a disgrace in the eyes of God?
No.
I only bring it up because of a discussion about long hair on men I saw on social media.
I’m gonna share something I shared, about long hair on men, 13 years ago here on my website. It seems like this issue should’ve been clear a long time ago. But here we are. So, here’s what I said:
In 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 Paul talks quite a bit about hair on men and women. But it’s not really the length of hair that Paul’s talking about. No, it’s actually our “covering.” In the New King James version of the Bible, you can see subtitles for sections, and the subtitle for this section is “Head Coverings.”
Do you suppose God truly cares about the length of hair a person has? Again, I say an emphatic “no!” Read the verses and really pay attention to what Paul lines out. And you’ll see what I mean. He illustrates a hierarchy: “the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.” A few lines down he adds “for a man…is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of man.”
Then Paul adds a point that backs up the creation of man and woman: “for a man is not from woman, but woman from man. Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.”
Doesn’t seem concerned with if a man has long hair or not.
OK, guys, this is not a license to dominate the women. Think, for a second, about how God sees us. Men AND women were created by God. He loves us equally. And we have equal value in His eyes. But God knows that no relationship can flourish when everyone’s in charge. So, He put man “in charge” of woman (so to speak). And men are to have authority over women only inasmuch as men are willing to submit to God’s authority.
In other words…God is the covering for men. And men are to be the covering for women. And Paul adds a vitally key point: “nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord.”
We need each other. And there isn’t one man or one woman who can thrive in this life apart from that truth. And when Paul mentions “if a man has long hair”, he doesn’t do it to say long hair on all men is wrong or a sin. He’s telling us the man shouldn’t be the woman. And the woman shouldn’t be the man.
Of course, nowadays that’s neither politically correct to mention nor even tolerated by the beautifully tolerant. But “the world” doesn’t determine Truth. That’s a gift from God.
There were no dots or dashes or impulses.
No man-made codes and no neurology
Could infiltrate and then translate the mission,
The expedition meant for only me. (From my lyrics, The Secret Mission) © 2025 TF
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