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One of the most exciting of Paul’s letters, 1 Corinthians offers a vantage point from which modern readers can reflect on diverseness in Christian Churches today. In First Corinthians, Raymond Collins explores that vantage point as well as the challenge Paul posed to the people of his time—and continues to pose in ours—to allow the gospel message to engage them in their daily lives. Paul...

disgraces his head: Paul’s affirmation that a man who prays or prophesies with long hair disgraces his head is likewise problematic. What does it mean for a person to “disgrace his head?” More specifically, what is the meaning of “his head?” What is the meaning of Paul’s figure of speech? Is it metaphor? Or is it metonymy? In the immediately preceding verse Paul has identified Christ as the head of the man. If “head” is a metaphor and Christ is Paul’s referent, what does it mean for a man with long
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