1 Corinthians 11:1-16

11Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

2Now 2I praise you because you 3remember me in everything and 4hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you. 3But I want you to understand that 5Christ is the 6head of every man, and 7the man is the head of a woman, and God is the 8head of 9Christ. 4Every man who has something on his head while praying or 10prophesying disgraces his head. 5But every 11woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman 12whose head is 13shaved. 6For if a woman does not cover 14her head, let her also 15have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to 16have her hair cut off or 17her head shaved, let her cover 18her head. 7For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the 19image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 8For 20man 21does not originate from woman, but woman from man; 9for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but 22woman for the man’s sake. 10Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11However, in the Lord, neither is woman 23independent of man, nor is man 24independent of woman. 12For as the woman 25originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and 26all things 27originate 28from God. 1329Judge 30for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him, 15but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering. 16But if one is inclined to be contentious, 31we have no 32other practice, nor have 33the churches of God.