<p>11:4 <em>Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonours his head- </em>This may well be a criticism of the way that under the influence of Judaism which we have noted earlier was a problem in Corinth, some of the brothers were covering their heads to pray. The head of the man was Christ (:3), and by acting as if He needed covering for sin and shame before God, they were dishonouring Him. Paul repeatedly uses the same word to argue that in Christ, we are not ashamed s.w. 'dishonoured' before God (Rom. 5:5; 9:33; 10:11 etc.). Those who had fallen under the influence of Judaism and its practices had failed to perceive this. And thus they were shaming their Lord, Jesus.</p>