1 Corinthians 11:1-16 - Concerning Head Coverings In Worship

¹ You must follow my example in this, as I am following Christ's.

² I appreciate your always remembering me, and your standing by the things I passed on to you, just as you received them. ³ But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, while a woman's head is her husband, and Christ's head is God. ⁴ Any man who offers prayer or explains the will of God with anything on his head disgraces his head, ⁵ and any woman who offers prayer or explains the will of God bareheaded disgraces her head, for it is just as though she had her head shaved. ⁶ For if a woman will not wear a veil, let her cut off her hair too. But if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her wear a veil.

⁷ For a man ought not to wear anything on his head, for he is the image of God and reflects his glory; while woman is the reflection of man's glory. ⁸ For man was not made from woman, but woman from man, ⁹ and man was not created for woman, but woman was for man. ¹⁰ That is why she ought to wear upon her head something to symbolize her subjection, out of respect to the angels, if to nobody else. ¹¹ But in union with the Lord, woman is not independent of man nor man of woman. ¹² For just as woman was made from man, man is born of woman, and both like everything else really come from God.

¹³ Judge for yourselves. Is it proper for a woman to offer prayer to God with nothing on her head? ¹⁴ Does not nature itself teach you that for a man to wear his hair long is degrading, ¹⁵ but a woman's long hair is her pride? For her hair is given her as a covering. ¹⁶ But if anyone is disposed to be contentious about it, I for my part recognize no other practice in worship than this, and neither do the churches of God.