17.What is true of a woman who has long hair? .

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Her hair is a glory to her. Also it is a covering for her, revealing to us that it is natural for a woman to be covered. The man has shorter hair as an indication he is not to be covered with a veil because Christ is his covering.

This does not mean a woman’s long hair takes the place of her veil, because that would contradict and confuse what Paul had just taught in the fifth and sixth verses of this chapter. It means, rather, that long hair is natural and becoming to a woman and suggests she is under the authority of man.