²Now I praise you^D because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions^c just as I delivered^d them to you. ³But I want you to know that Christ is the head^e of every man, and the man is the head of the woman,^E^f and God is the head of Christ.^g ⁴Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors^h his head. ⁵Every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved.ⁱ ⁶For if a woman doesn’t cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her head be covered.

⁷A man should not cover his head, because he is the image^j and glory of God.^k So too, woman is the glory of man. ⁸For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man.^l ⁹Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man. ¹⁰This is why a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. ¹¹In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, and man is not independent of woman. ¹²For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God.^m

¹³Judgeⁿ for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴Does not even nature itself teach^o you that if a man has long hair it is a disgrace^p to him, ¹⁵but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory?^q For her hair is given to her^A as a covering. ¹⁶If anyone wants to argue about this, we have no other^B custom, nor do the churches of God.

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Footnotes

DOther add brothers,
EOr the husband is the head of the wife
AOther omit to her
BOr no such

Cross references

c 2Th 2:15; 3:6
d Jd 3
e Eph 1:22; 4:15; Col 1:18; 2:10,19
f Gn 3:16; Eph 5:23
g 1Co 3:23
h 1Pt 3:16
i Dt 21:11–12
j Gn 1:27
k Mk 10:37; Lk 9:32; Jn 17:24; 2Co 3:18; 2Pt 3:18
l Gn 2:21–23; 1Tm 2:13
m Ps 104:24; Rv 3:14
n Jn 5:22–30
o Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11
p 2Co 6:8
q Php 3:19