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 handed them down to you. 3But I want you to understand that Christ is the 5head of every man, and 67the man is the head of a woman, and God is the 8head of Christ. 4Every man who has something on his head while praying or 9prophesying disgraces his head. 5But every 10woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for it is one and the same as the woman 11whose head is 12shaved. 6For if a woman does not cover 13her head, have her also 14cut her hair off; however, if it is disgraceful for a woman to 15have her hair cut off or 16her head shaved, have her cover 17her head. 7For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the 18image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 8For 19man 20does not originate from woman, but woman from man; 9for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but 21woman for the man’s sake. 10Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11However, in the Lord, neither is woman 22independent of man, nor is man 23independent of woman. 12For as the woman originated from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and 24all things originate 25from God. 1326Judge 27for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14Does even nature itself not 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 as a covering. 16But if anyone is inclined to be contentious, 28we have no 29such practice, nor have 30the churches of God.