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1 Corinthians 11:2-16

2NowδὲdeG1161IpraiseG1867youthatyerememberμέμνησθε,memnēstheG3403meinallthingsπάνταpantaG3956,andholdG2722fastG2722thetraditionsG3862,evenG2532asIdeliveredπαρέδωκαparedōkaG3860themtoyou.

3ButIwouldhaveyouknow,thattheheadκεφαλὴkephalēG2776ofeverymanἀνδρὸςandrosG435isG1510ChristΧριστόςChristosG5547;andtheheadκεφαλὴkephalēG2776ofthewomanγυναικὸςgunaikosG1135isG1510themanἀνήρ·anērG435;andtheheadκεφαλὴkephalēG2776ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547isG1510Godθεός.¶theosG2316.

4EverymanἀνὴρanērG435prayingπροσευχόμενοςproseuchomenosG4336orprophesyingπροφητεύωνprophēteuōnG4395,havinghisheadκεφαλῆςkephalēsG2776covered, dishonorethhisheadκεφαλὴνkephalēnG2776.

5ButeverywomanγυνὴgunēG1135prayingπροσευχομένηproseuchomenēG4336orprophesyingπροφητεύουσαprophēteuousaG4395withherheadκεφαλῇkephalēaG2776unveiled dishonorethherheadκεφαλὴνkephalēnG2776;foritisG1510oneἓνhenG1520andthesameG846thingG1520asifshewereG1510shaven.

6Forifawomanγυνή,gunēG1135isnotveiled,letheralsoκαὶkaiG2532beshorn:butifitisashametoawomanγυναικὶgunaikiG1135tobeshornorshaven,letherbeveiled.

7ForamanἈνὴρAnērG435indeedoughtὀφείλειopheileiG3784nottohavehisheadκεφαλὴνkephalēnG2776veiled, forasmuchasheisG1510theimageεἰκὼνeikōnG1504andgloryδόξαdoxaG1391ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316:butthewomanγυνὴgunēG1135isG1510thegloryδόξαdoxaG1391ofthemanἀνδρόςandrosG435.

8ForthemanἀνὴρanērG435isG1510notofthewomanγυναικὸςgunaikosG1135;butthewomanγυνὴgunēG1135ofthemanἀνδρός·androsG435:

9forneitherwasthemanἀνὴρanērG435createdforthewomanγυναῖκαgunaikaG1135;butthewomanγυνὴgunēG1135forthemanἄνδρα·andraG435:

10forthiscauseoughtὀφείλειopheileiG3784thewomanγυνὴgunēG1135tohaveasignofauthorityἐξουσίανexousianG1849onherheadκεφαλῆςkephalēsG2776,becauseoftheangelsἀγγέλους.angelousG32.

11NeverthelessG4133,neitheristhewomanγυνὴgunēG1135withoutthemanἀνδρὸςandrosG435,northemanἀνὴρanērG435withoutthewomanγυναικὸςgunaikosG1135,intheLordκυρίῳ·kuriōG2962.

12ForasthewomanγυνὴgunēG1135isofthemanἀνδρὸςandrosG435,soisthemanἀνὴρanērG435alsoκαὶkaiG2532bythewomanγυναικός,gunaikosG1135;butallthingsπάνταpantaG3956areofGodθεοῦ.theouG2316.

13Judgeκρίνατε·krinateG2919yeinyourselves:isG1510itseemlythatawomanγυναῖκαgunaikaG1135prayπροσεύχεσθαι;proseuchesthaiG4336untoGodθεῷtheōG2316unveiled?

14DothnotevenοὐδὲoudeG3761natureφύσιςphusisG5449itselfteachδιδάσκειdidaskeiG1321you,that,ifamanἀνὴρanērG435havelongκομᾷ,komaG2863hairG2863,itisG1510adishonorἀτιμίαatimiaG819tohim?

15ButifawomanγυνὴgunēG1135havelongκομᾷ,komaG2863hairG2863,itisG1510agloryδόξαdoxaG1391toher:forherhairG2863isG1510givenG1325herforacovering.

16ButifanymanseemethtobeG1510contentious,wehavenosuchτοιαύτηνtoiautēnG5108customσυνήθειανsunētheianG4914,neitherthechurchesἐκκλησίαιekklēsiaiG1577ofGodθεοῦ.¶theouG2316.

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