this passage in 1 Corinthians. Some of the Corinthian wives in the church were not using veils in worship, perhaps affirming their equality with men before God. However, in so doing they brought shame on their husbands and were dressing like “available” women. They acted this way in house churches where they were in close quarters with men who were not their own husbands. When we consider that a woman’s hair was considered highly sensual in that culture, we have a volatile and shameful mix. The third