21 Bible Verses about Veils
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Every man praying or prophesying, holding [a veil] over his head, dishonoureth his head;
but every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled, dishonoureth her head; for it is one and the same thing, as if she were shaven. For if the woman be not veiled, let her hair be clipped: but if it would be scandalous for a woman to appear clipped or shaved, let her be veiled.
For a man indeed ought not to veil his head, being the image and the glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.
Wherefore judge nothing before the time until the Lord come, who also will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will manifest the counsels of men's hearts; and then shall praise be given to each from God.
However, fear them not: for there is nothing concealed, which shall not be discovered; nor hid, which shall not be known.
For there is nothing concealed, that shall not be laid open; nor hid, which shall not be known.
every man's work shall be made manifest: for that day shall declare it, for it shall be laid open by fire; and the fire shall prove every man's work of what sort it is.
And [act] not as Moses who spread a veil over his face, in order that the children of Israel might not look stedfastly to the end of that which should be abolished.
But their understandings were darkened: for unto this day the same veil in their reading the old testament abideth unremoved; which veil is taken away by Christ. For unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is spread over their hearts.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are folly to him: and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
darkened in understanding; alienated from the life of God through the ignorance which is in them; through the blindness of their hearts:
but we speak the wisdom of God, which had been hid in mystery, which God predestined before the worlds were, for our glory: which none of the rulers of this world have known: for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written, "The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and that have not entered into the heart of man, these hath God prepared for those who love him."read more.
But to us hath God revealed them by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth out all things, even the depths of God.
Now to him that is able to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, agreeable to the revelation of the mystery; which was concealed from all former ages, but is now made manifest, and by the prophetical scriptures, according to the commandment of the eternal God, notified to all the Gentiles to bring them to the obedience of faith:
Nevertheless, when Israel shall turn unto the Lord, the veil shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. And we all with face unveiled, beholding the glory of the Lord [reflected] as in a mirror, according to the same image, receive a transformation from glory into glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.
having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in himself;
that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote unto you before briefly; wherein when ye read, ye may be able to perceive my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it hath been now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;read more.
that the Gentiles should be co-heirs, and of the same body, and sharers with them of his promise in Christ by the Gospel:
but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and brought to light life and immortality by the gospel:
in hope of life eternal, which God, who cannot lie, hath promised before time had a being; but hath manifested in his own appointed season his word by the preaching, with which I have been entrusted, according to the command of our Saviour God;
For the eager expectation of the creation is waiting for the revelation of the children of God.
Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet evident what we shall be: but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.
