I Corinthians 11 : 1-16
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of
Christ.
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in
all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
But I would have you know, that the head of every
man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of
Christ is God.
Every man praying or prophesying, having his
head covered, dishonoureth his head.
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her
head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were
shaven.
For if the woman be not covered, let her also be
shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be
covered.
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head,
forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of
the man.
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of
the man.
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the
woman for the man.
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her
head because of the angels.
Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman,
neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
For as the woman is of the man, even so is
the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray
unto God uncovered?
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a
man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her:
for her hair is given her for a covering
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no
such custom, neither the churches of God.
