I answer, with regard to the licentious, it is best for a man, to have his wife; and for a woman to have her husband.

as to the married, I enjoin this rule, not as from my self, but from the Lord, that a woman should not leave her husband:

and if a woman has a pagan husband, who likes to live with her, let her not leave him.

there is the same difference between a married woman and a virgin: the last is religiously concern'd to be holy, both in body and mind: but she that is married is taken up with worldly cares to please her husband.

have not we the liberty to take a christian woman with us in our travels, as well as the rest of the apostles, as the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas did?

every man who prays or prophesies having his head covered, dishonoureth him who is his head: but every woman who prays

a woman may as well have the tonsure, as not wear her veil: the one is as indecent as the other.

A man ought not to be veil'd: he has the honour of being invested with authority from God, and may glory in his priority to the woman.

for the man was not taken from the woman: but the woman from the man.

nor was the man copied from the woman: but the woman from the man.

therefore the woman ought to be veil'd, out of regard to the angels.

however, the man and the woman are equal with respect to the Lord.

for as the woman was taken from the man, so man is born of the woman: and all are from God.

Be you yourselves judges: is it decent for a woman to pray to God without a veil?

on the contrary, such is an ornament to a woman: because it was given her as a sort of veil.

otherwise if you should give thanks by the spirit in an unknown tongue, the hearer cannot but appear unlearned upon this occasion; how then can he say Amen to thy thanksgiving? since he does not conceive what you say.

Let your women be silent in your assemblies: for they are not allowed to discourse there; but are to observe orders, as indeed the law implies:

and if they desire to have information about any point, let them consult their husbands at home: for it does not become women to ask questions in the church.

present my love to every christian among you. amen.