²I praise you because you always remember me and follow the teachings that I have handed on to you. ³But I want you to understand that Christ is supreme over every man, the husband is supreme over his wife, and God is supreme over Christ. ⁴So a man who prays or proclaims God’s message in public worship with his head covered disgraces Christ. ⁵And any woman who prays or proclaims God’s message in public worship with nothing on her head disgraces her husband; there is no difference between her and a woman whose head has been shaved. ⁶If the woman does not cover her head, she might as well cut her hair. And since it is a shameful thing for a woman to shave her head or cut her hair, she should cover her head. ⁷^*A man has no need to cover his head, because he reflects the image and glory of God. But woman reflects the glory of man; ⁸^*for man was not created from woman, but woman from man. ⁹^*Nor was man created for woman’s sake, but woman was created for man’s sake. ¹⁰On account of the angels, then, a woman should have a covering over her head to show that she is under her husband’s authority. ¹¹In our life in the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. ¹²For as woman was made from man, in the same way man is born of woman; and it is God who brings everything into existence.

¹³Judge for yourselves whether it is proper for a woman to pray to God in public worship with nothing on her head. ¹⁴Why, nature itself teaches you that long hair on a man is a disgrace, ¹⁵but on a woman it is a thing of beauty. Her long hair has been given her to serve as a covering. ¹⁶But if anyone wants to argue about it, all I have to say is that neither we nor the churches of God have any other custom in worship.

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Cross references

*11.7: Gn 1:26, 27
*11.8, 9: Gn 2:18–23
*11.8, 9: Gn 2:18–23