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

¹ Copy me, as I copy Christ.

² I commend you for always bearing me in mind and for maintaining the traditions I passed on to you. ³ But I would like you to understand this: Christ is the head of every man, man is the head of woman, and God is the head of Christ. ⁴ Any man who prays or prophesies with a veil on his head dishonours his head, ⁵ while any woman who prays or prophesies without a veil on her head dishonours her head; she is no better than a shaven woman. ⁶ If a woman will not veil herself, she should cut off her hair as well. But she ought to veil herself; for it is disgraceful that a woman should have her hair cut off or be shaven.

⁷ Man does not require to have a veil on his head, for he represents the likeness and supremacy of God; but woman represents the supremacy of man. ⁸ (Man was not made from woman, woman was made from man; ⁹ and man was not created for woman, but woman for man.) ¹⁰ Therefore, in view of the angels, woman must wear a symbol of subjection on her head. ¹¹ (Of course, in the Lord, woman does not exist apart from man, any more than man apart from woman; ¹² for as woman was made from man, so man is now made from woman, while both, like all things, come from God.)

¹³ Judge for yourselves; is it proper for an unveiled woman to pray to God? ¹⁴ Surely nature herself teaches you that while long hair is disgraceful for a man, ¹⁵ for a woman long hair is a glory? Her hair is given her as a covering. ¹⁶ If anyone presumes to raise objections on this point ??well, I acknowledge no other mode of worship, and neither do the churches of God.