1 Corinthians 11:2–16

Head Coverings

²Now ^aI praise you because you ^bremember me in everything and ^chold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

³But I want you to understand that ¹Christ is the ^ahead of every man, and ^bthe man is the head of a woman, and God is the ^chead of ²Christ.

⁴Every man who has something on his head while praying or ^aprophesying, shames his head.

⁵But every ^awoman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying, shames her head, for she is one and the same as the woman ¹whose head is ^bshaved.

⁶For if a woman does not cover ¹her head, let her also ²have her hair cut short. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to ³have her hair cut short or ⁴her head shaved, let her cover ⁵her head.

⁷For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the ^aimage and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of man.

⁸For ^aman ¹does not originate from woman, but woman from man.

⁹For indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but ^awoman for the man’s sake.

¹⁰Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

¹¹Nevertheless, in the Lord, neither is woman ¹independent of man, nor is man ²independent of woman.

¹²For as the woman ¹originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman, but ^aall things ²originate ^bfrom God.

^13aJudge ¹for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

¹⁴Does not even nature itself 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 for a covering.

¹⁶But if one is inclined to be contentious, ^awe have no ¹other practice, nor have ^bthe churches of God.