NOW with regard to those things concerning which ye have written unto me, it were good for a man not to touch a woman.

I think then that this is becoming, considering our present straits, that it is proper for a man to be thus.

But if a person supposes it would be unseemly for a virgin of his if she should pass the flower of her age [in celibacy], and that duty directs it should be so, let him do as he is inclined, he doth not sin: let such marry.

For if the woman be not veiled, let her hair be clipped: but if it would be scandalous for a woman to appear clipped or shaved, let her be veiled.

For a man indeed ought not to veil his head, being the image and the glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

For as the woman was taken out of the man, so also is the man by the woman: but all things are of God.

Judge among yourselves, is it decent for a woman to be praying to God without a covering?

But if a woman let her hair flow, it is an ornament to her; for the hair was given her for a covering,

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew forth the death of the Lord till he come.

For as the body is one, and hath many members, but all the members of that one body, though many, are one body: so also is Christ.

Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to those that believe, but to those who do not believe: but the gift of prophecy is not for those who are infidels, but for believers.

For as in Adam all are dead, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.