Originally posted by whodey
No, I am referencing a sentiment expressed by Paul in the exact same book that the hair scriptures appear in which is 1 Corinthians 8:13.
"Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world stands, lest I make my brother to offend."
So here we see Paul not standing up and saying the truth which is that eating meat is "OK" in the eyes of God so they should get over themselves and enjoy eating meat.
That's right! He does. However, he does no such thing for hairstyle, saying that the deviant hairstyles
will not be found in the church of God. That is, whereas he is unequivocally clear about flexibility
of meat-eating, but that one should refrain from doing what one can when it offends, he is similarly
clear about hairstyles: it is unnatural for men to have long hair or women to have short hair, and
that a woman shall not pray with her head uncovered because of the angels.
Do you see how this is different?
Nemesio