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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Evangelical, when are you going to give us your insight?  |
Thanks for the reminder.
It's not that clear what Paul meant by "nature". "second nature" is a likely interpretation and that speaking of a cultural tradition at the time.
I don't think it means anything from the animal world, because there is such diversity and there are little examples to think about where a male has short hair and female has long hair.
Jewish and Greek culture at the time favored short hair. So I think "Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him?" can be interpreted to mean
"does not even our own Jewish or Greek traditions tell us that having long hair is a dishonor to him".
Nazarites were the exception of course.