New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Corinthians 11:2-16

2NowG1161 1I praiseG1867 you becauseG3754 you 2rememberG3403 me in everythingG3956 and 3holdG2722 firmlyG2722 to the traditionsG3862, justG2531 as I deliveredG3860 them to you. 3But I wantG2309 you to understandG3609 that 4ChristG5547 is the 5headG2776 of everyG3956 manG435, and 6the manG435 is the headG2776 of a womanG1135, and GodG2316 is the 7headG2776 of 8ChristG5547. 4EveryG3956 manG435 who hasG2192 something on his headG2776 while prayingG4336 orG2228 9prophesyingG4395 disgracesG2617 his headG2776. 5But everyG3956 10womanG1135 who has her headG2776 uncoveredG177 while prayingG4336 orG2228 prophesyingG4395 disgracesG2617 her headG2776, for she is oneG1520 and the sameG846 as the womanG1135 11whose head is 12shavedG3587. 6For ifG1487 a womanG1135 does not coverG2619 13her head, let her alsoG2532 14have her hairG2751 cutG2751 offG2751; but ifG1487 it is disgracefulG150 for a womanG1135 to 15have her hairG2751 cutG2751 offG2751 orG2228 16her head shavedG3587, let her coverG2619 17her head. 7For a manG435 oughtG3784 not to have his headG2776 coveredG2619, since he is the 18imageG1504 and gloryG1391 of GodG2316; but the womanG1135 is the gloryG1391 of manG435. 8For 19manG435 20does not originateG1510 from womanG1135, but womanG1135 from manG435; 9for indeedG2532 manG435 was not createdG2936 for the woman’sG1135 sakeG1223, but 21womanG1135 for the man’sG435 sakeG1223. 10ThereforeG1223 G3778 the womanG1135 oughtG3784 to haveG2192 a symbol of authorityG1849 on her headG2776, becauseG1223 of the angelsG32. 11HoweverG4133, in the LordG2962, neitherG3777 is womanG1135 22independentG5565 of manG435, norG3777 is manG435 23independentG5565 of womanG1135. 12For as the womanG1135 24originates from the manG435, soG3779 alsoG2532 the manG435 has his birth throughG1223 the womanG1135; and 25allG3956 thingsG3956 26originate 27from GodG2316. 13 28JudgeG2919 29for yourselvesG4771 G846: is it properG4241 for a womanG1135 to prayG4336 to GodG2316 with her head uncoveredG177? 14Does not evenG3761 natureG5449 itselfG846 teachG1321 you that ifG1437 a manG435 hasG2863 longG2863 hairG2863, it is a dishonorG819 to him, 15but ifG1437 a womanG1135 hasG2863 longG2863 hairG2863, it is a gloryG1391 to her? For her hairG2864 is givenG1325 to her for a coveringG4018. 16But ifG1487 oneG5100 is inclinedG1380 to be contentiousG5380, 30we haveG2192 noG3756 31otherG5108 practiceG4914, norG3761 have 32the churchesG1577 of GodG2316.

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Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 11:2 1 Cor 11:17, 22 ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 11:2 1 Cor 4:17; 15:2; 1 Thess 1:6; 3:6 ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 11:2 2 Thess 2:15; 3:6 ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 11:3 I.e. the Messiah ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Eph 1:22; 4:15; 5:23; Col 1:18; 2:19 ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Gen 3:16; Eph 5:23 ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Cor 3:23 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 11:3 I.e. the Messiah ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 11:4 Acts 13:1; 1 Thess 5:20 ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 11:5 Luke 2:36; Acts 21:9; 1 Cor 14:34 ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 11:5 Lit who is shaved ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 11:5 Deut 21:12 ↩
13. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit herself ↩
14. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit shear herself ↩
15. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit shear herself ↩
16. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit herself ↩
17. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit herself ↩
18. 1 Corinthians 11:7 Gen 1:26; 5:1; 9:6; James 3:9 ↩
19. 1 Corinthians 11:8 Gen 2:21-23; 1 Tim 2:13 ↩
20. 1 Corinthians 11:8 Lit is not from ↩
21. 1 Corinthians 11:9 Gen 2:18 ↩
22. 1 Corinthians 11:11 Lit without ↩
23. 1 Corinthians 11:11 Lit without ↩
24. 1 Corinthians 11:12 Lit is ↩
25. 1 Corinthians 11:12 2 Cor 5:18 ↩
26. 1 Corinthians 11:12 Lit are ↩
27. 1 Corinthians 11:12 Rom 11:36 ↩
28. 1 Corinthians 11:13 Luke 12:57 ↩
29. 1 Corinthians 11:13 Lit in ↩
30. 1 Corinthians 11:16 1 Cor 4:5; 9:1-3, 6 ↩
31. 1 Corinthians 11:16 Lit such ↩
32. 1 Corinthians 11:16 1 Cor 7:17 ↩

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