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

¹ Be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ.

² Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the orders, as I delivered them to you. ³ But I would have you know, that the head of the woman is the man, and the head of every man is Christ, and the head of Christ is God. ⁴ Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered, dishonoureth his head. ⁵ But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered, dishonoureth her head; for it is the same as if she were shaved. ⁶ Therefore if a woman is not covered, let her also be shaved: but if it be shameful, for a woman to have her hair shaved off, or cut short, let her be covered.

⁷ A man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man. ⁸ For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man. ⁹ Neither was the man created for the sake of the woman, but the woman for the sake of the man. ¹⁰ For this cause also the woman ought to have a veil upon her head, because of the angels. ¹¹ Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord. ¹² And as the woman was of the man, so also the man is by the woman; but all things are of God.

¹³ Judge of yourselves: is it decent for a woman to pray to God uncovered? ¹⁴ Doth not nature itself teach you, that for a man to have long hair, is a disgrace to him? ¹⁵ Whereas for a woman to have long hair, is a glory to her; for her hair was given her instead of a veil. ¹⁶ But if any one be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.