1 Corinthians 11:14

not even. Greek. oude.

if. App-118.

have long hair. let the hair grow. Greek. komao. Only here and 1 Corinthians 11:15.

shame. Greek. atimia. See Romans 1:26.

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For a man to have long hair, carefully adjusted, is such a mark of effeminacy as is a disgrace to him.

¹⁴ Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

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1 Corinthians 11:14