²Now I praise you that you remember me in all things, and just as I handed over to you the traditions, you hold fast to them. ³But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and the head of Christ is God. ⁴Every man who prays or prophesies while^* having something^* on his head dishonors his head, ⁵but every woman who prays or prophesies with uncovered head dishonors her head, for she is one and the same with the one whose head is shaved. ⁶For if a woman does not cover herself, let her hair be shorn off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her head^a shorn or shaved, let her cover her head.^b ⁷For indeed a man ought not to cover his head, because he^* is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man. ⁸For man is not from woman, but woman from man. ⁹For indeed man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man. ¹⁰Because of this, the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, on account of the angels. ¹¹Nevertheless, neither is woman anything apart from man, nor is man anything apart from woman in the Lord. ¹²For just as the woman is from the man, thus also the man is through the woman. But all things are from God. ¹³You judge for yourselves^c: is it fitting for a woman to pray to God with her head^* uncovered? ¹⁴And does not nature itself teach you that a man, if he wears long hair, it is a dishonor to him? ¹⁵But a woman, if she wears long hair, it is her glory, because her hair is given^d for a covering. ¹⁶But if anyone is disposed to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

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Footnotes

*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“having”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object must be supplied from context, but the exact nature of the object is not clear from the context, so “something” is used in the English translation
aLiterally “to be”
bLiterally “herself”
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is”) which is understood as causal
cLiterally “in you yourselves”
*Here the words “with her head” have been supplied as a necessary clarification
dSome manuscripts have “is given to her”