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The First Epistle to the Corinthians (New International Commentary on the New Testament) by Gordon D. Fee</ref> | The First Epistle to the Corinthians (New International Commentary on the New Testament) by Gordon D. Fee</ref> | ||
==Can a woman trim her hair?== | |||
Message believers in general hold that a woman cannot even trim her hair. | |||
There three main pillars on which the “no trimming ” doctrine rests, at least as we have been taught it, which are as follows: | |||
1) The word “shorn” means “cut or clip – period”. | |||
2) The early church and true Christians have always taught “no trimming”. | |||
3) Brother Branham believed in “no trimming”. | |||
Meaning of the Word “Shorn” in the Scriptures: | |||
Shorn in the modern English language can mean to “cut or clip”. However, it is usually meant to signify “cutting close” and is usually used in reference to shearing sheep. If you search Brother Branham’s usage of the word, it was used to signify shearing sheep or typing people to being sheared as a sheep. | |||
Shorn in the New Testament was translated from the Greek work Kiero, which means “to sheer: a sheep; to get or let be shorn, of shearing or cutting short the hair of the head”. | |||
The word “shorn” is used 4 times in scripture (there are other instances where another form of the word such as “shear” is used, but these are not listed here). Song of Solomon 4:2 refers to shearing of sheep. It is also used Acts 18:18 referring to Paul having shorn his head because of a vow. Based on Paul’s own teaching, one would conclude that he cut his hair regularly (unless he were to have taken a Nazarite vow). This word “shorn” did not signify simply another trimming or cutting of his hair, but a “cutting close” or “shaving” of his head for sake of the vow. Based on these examples, why would we assume the two times it is used in 1 Corinthians chapter 11 would mean anything different? | |||
Note that Brother Branham also stated that “shorn” means the same thing as “shaven” (QA.HEBREWS.PART.3_ JEFF.IN COD SUNDAY_ 57-1006) which seems consistent with the way it was used in association with a vow in Acts 18:18. | |||
In consideration of the meaning of the word “shorn” let us consider 1 Corinthians 11:6. If the word shorn means “cut hair”, covered means “uncut hair”, and uncovered means “cut hair”, the verse does not read coherently as follows: | |||
:“For if the woman [has cut hair], let her also [cut her hair]... | |||
However, if this chapter is speaking of four different lengths, the verse make sense, with covered meaning “long hair”, uncovered meaning “short hair”, shorn meaning “hair cut close to the skin”, and shaven meaning “bald”. | |||
:“For if the woman [has short hair], let her also [cut her hair close to the skin]: but if it be a shame for a woman to [have hair cut close to the skin] or [be shaven completely], let her [have long hair]”. | |||
With this, we see the true meaning of the scripture. Paul is saying that if a woman wants to cut her hair short, she might as well shave it. | |||
=Quotes of William Branham= | =Quotes of William Branham= | ||