男人是神的形象和榮耀 — 哥林多前書讀經隨筆 第11章

哥林多前書第十一章第3—15節，保羅說基督是男人的頭，男人是女人的頭，神是基督的頭。男人禱告或講道不能蒙著頭，因為禱告或講道都應以基督為首為核心；而女人禱告或講道需要蒙著頭，這樣才能越過對人的誇耀而能夠時刻看到基督是救主。男人是神的形像和榮耀，而女人是男人的榮耀，起初神造人的時候，男人不是由女人而出，而女人乃是由男人而出，因為神是從亞當的身上取了一條肋骨造了夏娃。男人禱告或是講道若蒙著頭就是羞辱自己的頭，若女人禱告或是講道不蒙著頭也是羞辱自己的頭。男人若有長頭發便是他的羞辱，而女人有長頭發乃是她的榮耀因為這頭發是給她作蓋頭的。

林前11:3 我願意你們知道、基督是各人的頭．男人是女人的頭、 神是基督的頭。
But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
林前11:4 凡男人禱告或是講道、〔講道或作說預言下同〕若蒙著頭、就羞辱自己的頭。
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
林前11:5 凡女人禱告或是講道、若不蒙著頭、就羞辱自己的頭．因為這就如同剃了頭發一樣。
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
林前11:6 女人若不蒙著頭、就該剪了頭發．女人若以剪發剃發為羞愧、就該蒙著頭。
For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.
林前11:7 男人本不該蒙著頭、因為他是 神的形像和榮耀、但女人是男人的榮耀。
For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
林前11:8 起初、男人不是由女人而出．女人乃是由男人而出。
For man is not from woman, but woman from man;
林前11:9 並且男人不是為女人造的．女人乃是為男人造的。
for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
林前11:10 因此、女人為天使的緣故、應當在頭上有服權柄的記號。
For this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.
林前11:11 然而照主的安排、女也不是無男、男也不是無女。
Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
林前11:12 因為女人原是由男人而出、男人也是由女人而出．但萬有都是出乎 神。
For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.
林前11:13 你們自己審察、女人禱告 神、不蒙著頭、是合宜的麽。
Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
林前11:14 你們的本性不也指示你們、男人若有長頭發、便是他的羞辱麽。
Doesn't even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
林前11:15 但女人有長頭發、乃是他的榮耀．因為這頭發是給他作蓋頭的。
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.