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{{raw:data:p|c|to cause some to stumble and thus hinder the spread of the truth and the growth of the Christian congregation there. -1 Cor. 9: 19-27.}}
 
{{raw:data:p|c|to cause some to stumble and thus hinder the spread of the truth and the growth of the Christian congregation there. -1 Cor. 9: 19-27.}}
  
{{raw:data:p|12|But if the woman prayed or prophesied in the  
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{{raw:data:p|12|But if the woman prayed or prophesied in the general congregation of mixed attendance, there was a reason higher than popular custom for her to veil herself. It was to honor her head in God's arrangement, that is, the man. Just as it was dishonoring to the man's head, Christ Jesus, to pray or prophesy from under a veil, as when Jewish men throw a tasseled shawl or scarf called a tallith over their head when offering prayer today. Was God flattering man and tickling his conceit by this arrangement, and at the same time unreasonably humiliating the womenfolk? Not at all; but it was an arrangement for both man and woman to honor Theocratic headship. "Man," the apostle explains, "does not require to have a veil on his head, for he represents the likeness and supremacy [or, glory] of God; but woman represents the supremacy [or, glory] of man. (Man was not made from woman, woman was made from man; and man was not created for woman, but woman for man.) Therefore, in view of the angels, woman has to wear a symbol of subjection on her head." Or, "That is why she ought to wear upon her head something to symbolize her subjection, out of respect to  
general congregation of mixed attendance, there was  
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the angels, if to nobody else." (1 Cor. 11:7-10, Moffatt; An Amer. Trans.) When we thus have explained the reason for a practice, then we see its fitness and we willingly comply with it, out of honor to God and his Christ. We want to recognize and honor Theocratic headship.}}
a reason higher than popular custom for her to veil  
 
herself. It was to honor her head in God's arrangement, that is, the man. Just as it was dishonoring to  
 
the man's head, Christ Jesus, to pray or prophesy  
 
from under a veil, as when Jewish men throw a  
 
tasseled shawl or scarf called a tallith over their head  
 
when offering prayer today. Was God flattering man  
 
and tickling his conceit by this arrangement, and at  
 
the same time unreasonably humiliating the womenfolk? Not at all; but it was an arrangement for both  
 
man and woman to honor Theocratic headship.  
 
"Man," the apostle explains, "does not require to  
 
have a veil on his head, for he represents the likeness  
 
and supremacy [or, glory] of God; but woman represents the supremacy [or, glory] of man. (Man was  
 
not made from woman, woman was made from man;  
 
and man was not created for woman, but woman for  
 
man.) Therefore, in view of the angels, woman has  
 
to wear a symbol of subjection on her head." Or,  
 
"That is why she ought to wear upon her head something to symbolize her subjection, out of respect to  
 
the angels, if to nobody else." (1 Cor. 11:7-10, Moffatt; An Amer. Trans.) When we thus have explained  
 
the reason for a practice, then we see its fitness and  
 
we willingly comply with it, out of honor to God and  
 
his Christ. We want to recognize and honor Theocratic headship.}}
 
  
{{raw:data:p|13|Just who the angels here meant are, out of  
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{{raw:data:p|13|Just who the angels here meant are, out of respect to whom our Christian sisters should submit to the above regulations, has been argued in a number of ways. But just taking what information the pure Scriptures give us, they appear to be the unseen spirit angels. These God uses as his messengers and deputies and at times in the past they materialized in flesh and appeared to mankind. That these have an interest in our congregational meetings is suggested by Ecclesiastes 5: 5, 6, reading: "Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest  
respect to whom our Christian sisters should submit  
+
vow and not pay. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?" (Am. Stan. Ver.) Especially should this be the case now that Jehovah God has sent to the temple the "angel of the testament" or "messenger of the covenant". --Mal. 3: 1, Douay and Am. Stan. Ver.}}
to the above regulations, has been argued in a number
 
of ways. But just taking what information the  
 
pure Scriptures give us, they appear to be the unseen  
 
spirit angels. These God uses as his messengers and  
 
deputies and at times in the past they materialized  
 
in flesh and appeared to mankind. That these have  
 
an interest in our congregational meetings is suggested by Ecclesiastes 5: 5, 6, reading: "Better is it  
 
that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest  
 
vow and not pay. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy  
 
flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that  
 
it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at  
 
thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?" (Am.  
 
Stan. Ver.) Especially should this be the case now  
 
that Jehovah God has sent to the temple the "angel  
 
of the testament" or "messenger of the covenant". --Mal. 3: 1, Douay and Am. Stan. Ver.}}
 
 
 
{{raw:data:p|14|In the same epistle the apostle Paul tells us he
 
and his fellow apostles were "made a spectacle unto
 
the world, and to angels, and to men". (1 Cor. 4: 9)
 
He also tells us that the angels are "all ministering}}
 
  
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{{raw:data:p|14|In the same epistle the apostle Paul tells us he and his fellow apostles were "made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men". (1 Cor. 4: 9) He also tells us that the angels are "all ministering}}
 
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{{raw:data:q|12|Why must women veil when praying or prophesying at meeting?}}
 
{{raw:data:q|12|Why must women veil when praying or prophesying at meeting?}}
 
{{raw:data:q|13-14|Why do so out of respect for the angels, at least?}}
 
{{raw:data:q|13-14|Why do so out of respect for the angels, at least?}}
  
|{{raw:data:p|c|spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be  
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|{{raw:data:p|c|spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation". (Heb. 1: 14) We are involved in something bigger than ourselves, and hence the apostle Peter says concerning these bigger interests: "which things the angels desire to look into." (1 Pet. 1: 12) God has chosen certain angels for special duties toward us as Christ's disciples, and the apostle Paul suggests to us some measure of responsibility we have before these angels when he tells Timothy: "I charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels to observe these rules without any discrimination, and to be perfectly impartial." (1 Tim. 5: 21, An Amer. Trans.) Surely, then, our Christian sisters can uncomplainingly submit to something ordained by an Authority higher than man, out of respect for these angels. If man does not understand or appreciate, they do. The understanding and appreciation of these angels is something to value, especially as they report to God or appeal to him for us; as Jesus said: "Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of [or, have continual access to] my Father which is in heaven." --Matt. 18: 10; An Amer. Trans.}}
heirs of salvation". (Heb. 1: 14) We are involved in  
 
something bigger than ourselves, and hence the apostle Peter says concerning these bigger interests:  
 
"which things the angels desire to look into." (1 Pet.  
 
1: 12) God has chosen certain angels for special  
 
duties toward us as Christ's disciples, and the apostle Paul suggests to us some measure of responsibility we have before these angels when he tells  
 
Timothy: "I charge you before God and Christ Jesus  
 
and the chosen angels to observe these rules without  
 
any discrimination, and to be perfectly impartial."  
 
(1 Tim. 5: 21, An Amer. Trans.) Surely, then, our  
 
Christian sisters can uncomplainingly submit to  
 
something ordained by an Authority higher than  
 
man, out of respect for these angels. If man does not  
 
understand or appreciate, they do. The understanding and appreciation of these angels is something to  
 
value, especially as they report to God or appeal to  
 
him for us; as Jesus said: "Take heed that ye despise  
 
not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That  
 
in heaven their angels do always behold the face of  
 
[or, have continual access to] my Father which is in  
 
heaven." --Matt. 18: 10; An Amer. Trans.}}
 
  
{{raw:data:p|15|So, in the apostolic days when and where it was  
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{{raw:data:p|15|So, in the apostolic days when and where it was customary for women to veil their heads and faces in public, why did Christian women do so? In order not to offend popular usage and create misunderstanding and bring reproach? Yes; but especially to show the subjection of the female to the male sex, in view of the angels. But even if the female is made inferior to the male, yet God has so arranged it that the male is dependent upon the female for continued existence. The apostle points out this interdependence of both sexes by next saying: "Of course, in the Lord, woman does not exist apart from man, any more than man apart from woman; for as woman was made from man, so man is now made from woman, while both, like all things, come from God." (1 Cor. 11: 11, 12, Moffatt) So, since this disposition of matters is from God the Creator, what man or woman can alter it? who has a right to find fault? What would complaining accomplish? Nothing but spiritual injury to the complainer, because it would be untheocratic.}}
customary for women to veil their heads and faces  
 
in public, why did Christian women do so? In order  
 
not to offend popular usage and create misunderstanding and bring reproach? Yes; but especially to  
 
show the subjection of the female to the male sex,  
 
in view of the angels. But even if the female is made  
 
inferior to the male, yet God has so arranged it that the male is dependent upon the female for continued  
 
existence. The apostle points out this interdependence of both sexes by next saying: "Of course, in  
 
the Lord, woman does not exist apart from man, any  
 
more than man apart from woman; for as woman  
 
was made from man, so man is now made from
 
woman, while both, like all things, come from God."  
 
(1 Cor. 11: 11, 12, Moffatt) So, since this disposition  
 
of matters is from God the Creator, what man or  
 
woman can alter it? who has a right to find fault?  
 
What would complaining accomplish? Nothing but spiritual injury to the complainer, because it would be untheocratic.}}
 
  
{{raw:data:p|16|Because the female was made subject to the  
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{{raw:data:p|16|Because the female was made subject to the male, that is no reason to think the male can get along without the female and that the female does not hold an important and necessary relationship to the male. No more than one's little toe could say, "I am not of the body," because it occupies an inferior position in one's body and is not as prominent and  
male, that is no reason to think the male can get  
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important as the eye. "On the contrary, the parts of the body that are considered most delicate are indispensable, and the parts of it that we think common, we dress with especial care, and our unpresentable}}
along without the female and that the female does  
 
not hold an important and necessary relationship to  
 
the male. No more than one's little toe could say,  
 
"I am not of the body," because it occupies an inferior  
 
position in one's body and is not as prominent and  
 
important as the eye. "On the contrary, the parts of  
 
the body that are considered most delicate are indispensable, and the parts of it that we think common,  
 
we dress with especial care, and our unpresentable}}
 
 
 
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{{raw:data:m|5|0|{{raw:data:cc|55|{{raw:data:s-01|2}}}}}}
 
{{raw:data:q|15-16|How does the apostle show the interdependence of sexes?}}
 
{{raw:data:q|15-16|How does the apostle show the interdependence of sexes?}}
 
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May 1, 1949
The WATCHTOWER
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to cause some to stumble and thus hinder the spread of the truth and the growth of the Christian congregation there. -1 Cor. 9: 19-27.
12 But if the woman prayed or prophesied in the general congregation of mixed attendance, there was a reason higher than popular custom for her to veil herself. It was to honor her head in God's arrangement, that is, the man. Just as it was dishonoring to the man's head, Christ Jesus, to pray or prophesy from under a veil, as when Jewish men throw a tasseled shawl or scarf called a tallith over their head when offering prayer today. Was God flattering man and tickling his conceit by this arrangement, and at the same time unreasonably humiliating the womenfolk? Not at all; but it was an arrangement for both man and woman to honor Theocratic headship. "Man," the apostle explains, "does not require to have a veil on his head, for he represents the likeness and supremacy [or, glory] of God; but woman represents the supremacy [or, glory] of man. (Man was not made from woman, woman was made from man; and man was not created for woman, but woman for man.) Therefore, in view of the angels, woman has to wear a symbol of subjection on her head." Or, "That is why she ought to wear upon her head something to symbolize her subjection, out of respect to the angels, if to nobody else." (1 Cor. 11:7-10, Moffatt; An Amer. Trans.) When we thus have explained the reason for a practice, then we see its fitness and we willingly comply with it, out of honor to God and his Christ. We want to recognize and honor Theocratic headship.
13 Just who the angels here meant are, out of respect to whom our Christian sisters should submit to the above regulations, has been argued in a number of ways. But just taking what information the pure Scriptures give us, they appear to be the unseen spirit angels. These God uses as his messengers and deputies and at times in the past they materialized in flesh and appeared to mankind. That these have an interest in our congregational meetings is suggested by Ecclesiastes 5: 5, 6, reading: "Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?" (Am. Stan. Ver.) Especially should this be the case now that Jehovah God has sent to the temple the "angel of the testament" or "messenger of the covenant". --Mal. 3: 1, Douay and Am. Stan. Ver.
14 In the same epistle the apostle Paul tells us he and his fellow apostles were "made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men". (1 Cor. 4: 9) He also tells us that the angels are "all ministering

spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation". (Heb. 1: 14) We are involved in something bigger than ourselves, and hence the apostle Peter says concerning these bigger interests: "which things the angels desire to look into." (1 Pet. 1: 12) God has chosen certain angels for special duties toward us as Christ's disciples, and the apostle Paul suggests to us some measure of responsibility we have before these angels when he tells Timothy: "I charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels to observe these rules without any discrimination, and to be perfectly impartial." (1 Tim. 5: 21, An Amer. Trans.) Surely, then, our Christian sisters can uncomplainingly submit to something ordained by an Authority higher than man, out of respect for these angels. If man does not understand or appreciate, they do. The understanding and appreciation of these angels is something to value, especially as they report to God or appeal to him for us; as Jesus said: "Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of [or, have continual access to] my Father which is in heaven." --Matt. 18: 10; An Amer. Trans.
15 So, in the apostolic days when and where it was customary for women to veil their heads and faces in public, why did Christian women do so? In order not to offend popular usage and create misunderstanding and bring reproach? Yes; but especially to show the subjection of the female to the male sex, in view of the angels. But even if the female is made inferior to the male, yet God has so arranged it that the male is dependent upon the female for continued existence. The apostle points out this interdependence of both sexes by next saying: "Of course, in the Lord, woman does not exist apart from man, any more than man apart from woman; for as woman was made from man, so man is now made from woman, while both, like all things, come from God." (1 Cor. 11: 11, 12, Moffatt) So, since this disposition of matters is from God the Creator, what man or woman can alter it? who has a right to find fault? What would complaining accomplish? Nothing but spiritual injury to the complainer, because it would be untheocratic.
16 Because the female was made subject to the male, that is no reason to think the male can get along without the female and that the female does not hold an important and necessary relationship to the male. No more than one's little toe could say, "I am not of the body," because it occupies an inferior position in one's body and is not as prominent and important as the eye. "On the contrary, the parts of the body that are considered most delicate are indispensable, and the parts of it that we think common, we dress with especial care, and our unpresentable