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

¹ Be imitators of me, as I am an imitator of Christ.

² Indeed I praise you for remembering me in everything, and because you are holding fast to the traditions just as you received them. ³ But I wish you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and of a wife her husband is head; and that God is head of Christ. ⁴ Every man who prays or prophesies with head veiled dishonors his Head; ⁵ but every woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishonors her head (her husband). for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven. ⁶ If a woman does not wear a veil, let her also cut off her hair; now if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her be veiled.

⁷ A man, indeed, ought not to have his head veiled, for he is an image and glory of God; but woman is a glory of man. ⁸ For it is not man who was made from woman, but woman was made from man. ⁹ And man was not created for woman, but woman for man. ¹⁰ For this reason the woman ought to have authority over her head, because of her guardian angels. ¹¹ However, in the Lord neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman; ¹² for just as the woman was made from the man, so also is the man born of the woman, while they both come from God.

¹³ Judge of this for your own selves. It is fitting that a woman should pray to God with her head unveiled. ¹⁴ Nor does nature itself teach you that it is a disgrace to a man to have long hair, ¹⁵ but it is woman's glory, because her hair has been given her instead of a veil. ¹⁶ If, however, any one is inclined to be disputatious regarding such a custom, let him know that neither I nor the churches of God hold to such a custom.