So if a woman does not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. If it is a disgrace for a woman to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her own head.

A man should not cover his head, because he exists as God's image and glory. But the woman is man's glory.

This is why a woman should have authority over her own head: because of the angels.

You have homes in which to eat and drink, don't you? Or do you despise God's church and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather it may not bring judgment on you. And when I come I will give instructions concerning the other matters.

so that there might be no disharmony in the body, but that its parts should have the same concern for each other.

Therefore, the person who speaks in a foreign language should pray for the ability to interpret it.

If anyone speaks in a foreign language, only two or three at the most should do so, one at a time, and somebody must interpret.

If an interpreter is not present, the speaker should remain silent in the church and speak to himself and God.

Two or three prophets should speak, and others should weigh carefully what is said.

If a revelation is made to another person who is seated, the first person should be silent.

If they want to learn anything, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is inappropriate for a woman to speak out in church.

But if anyone ignores this, he should be ignored.

Come back to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! For some of you I say this to your shame don't fully know God.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, you should follow the directions I gave to the churches in Galatia.

After the Sabbath ends, each of you should set aside and save something from your surplus in proportion to what you have, so that no collections will have to be made when I arrive.

Therefore, no one should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me, because I am expecting him along with the brothers.

Everything you do should be done lovingly.

After all, if I were to grieve you, who should make me happy but the person I am making sad?

This is the very reason I wrote you, so that when I did come I might not be made sad by those who should have made me happy. For I had confidence that all of you would share the joy that I have.

He died for all people, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for the one who died and rose for them.

Not that others should have relief while you have hardship. Rather, it is a question of fairness.

Look at the plain facts! If anyone is confident that he belongs to the Messiah, he should remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to the Messiah, so do we.

Someone like this should take note of the following: What we say by letter when we are absent is what we will do when present!

"The person who boasts should boast in the Lord."

For if someone comes along and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or should you receive a different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you are all too willing to listen.

I will say it again: No one should think that I am a fool. But if you do, then treat me like a fool so that I can also boast a little.

I have become a fool. You forced me to be one. Really, I should have been commended by you, for I am not in any way inferior to your "super-apostles," even if I am nothing.

Now I'm ready to visit you for a third time, and I will not bother you for help. I do not want your things, but rather you yourselves. Children should not have to support their parents, but parents their children.

But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that person be condemned!

So when James, Cephas, and John (who were reputed to be leaders) recognized the grace that had been given me, they gave Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcised.

Brothers, if a person is caught doing something wrong, those of you who are spiritual should restore that person gently. Watch out for yourself so that you are not tempted as well.

The person who is taught the word should share all his goods with his teacher.

for whose sake I am an ambassador in chains, desiring to declare the gospel as boldly as I should.

And so, when Jesus' name is called, the knees of everyone should fall, wherever they're residing.

In the same way, you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.

Therefore, those of us who are mature should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will show you how to think.

However, we should live up to what we have achieved so far.

Be tolerant of one another and forgive each other if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also should forgive.

May I reveal it as clearly as I should!

While we were with you, we gave this order: "If anyone doesn't want to work, he shouldn't eat."

Women, for their part, should display their beauty by dressing modestly and decently in appropriate clothes, not with elaborate hairstyles or by wearing gold, pearls, or expensive clothes,

For everything God created is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

At the same time, they also learn how to be lazy while going from house to house. Not only this, but they even become gossips and keep busy by interfering in other people's lives, saying things they should not say.

If any woman is a believer and has relatives who are widows, she should help them. The church should not be burdened, so it can help those widows who have no other family members to care for them.

Elders who handle their duties well should be considered worthy of double compensation, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as deserving of the highest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be discredited.

Moreover, those who have believing masters should be respectful to them, because they are fellow believers. In fact, they must serve them even better, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dear to them. These are the things you must teach and exhort.

Furthermore, it is the hard working farmer who should have the first share of the crops.

They must be silenced, because they are the kind of people who ruin whole families by teaching what they should not teach in order to make money in a shameful way.

They should encourage the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

These are the things you should teach. Encourage and refute with full authority. Do not let anyone look down on you.

Our own people should also learn to make good deeds a priority when urgent needs arise, so they won't be unproductive.

Instead, someone has declared somewhere, "What is man that you should remember him, or the son of man that you should care for him?

It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering as part of his plan to glorify many children,

In fact, though by now you should be teachers, you still need someone to teach you the basic truths of God's word. You have become people who need milk instead of solid food.

And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell you about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them for it. We should submit even more to the Father of our spirits and live, shouldn't we?

No one should be immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

You should know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he comes soon, he will be with me when I see you.

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously without a rebuke, and it will be given to him.

Such a person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

A brother of humble means should rejoice in his having been exalted,

When someone is tempted, he should not say, "I am being tempted by God," because God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.

You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely than others.

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. It should not be like this, my brothers!

Instead you should say, "If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that."

Is anyone among you suffering? He should keep on praying. Is anyone cheerful? He should keep reciting psalms.

Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

For it is God's will that by doing right you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.

Your beauty should not be an external one, consisting of braided hair or the wearing of gold ornaments and dresses.

Instead, it should be the inner disposition of the heart, consisting in the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which God values greatly.

But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. "Never be afraid of their threats, and never get upset.

Of course, none of you should suffer for being a murderer, thief, criminal, or troublemaker.

So then, those who suffer according to God's will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do what is good.

This is the message that you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray that God would give him life. This applies to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not telling you to pray about that.

And if anyone should want to hurt them, fire comes out of their mouths and burns up their enemies. If anyone wants to hurt them, he must be killed in this manner.