Head Coverings

2 Now I praise [fn]you, brothers, because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the teachings that have been handed down, just as I delivered them to you. 3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head veiled disgraces his head, 5 and every woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled disgraces her head, for it is one and the same as having her head shaved. 6 If a woman will not veil herself, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to cut off her hair or shave her head, she should wear a veil. 7 For a man ought not to have his head veiled, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man. 10 That is why a woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless, in the Lord neither is [fn]man independent of woman nor woman independent of man. 12 For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman, but all things come from God. 13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head unveiled? 14 Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a disgrace to him, 15 but if a woman has long hair it is her glory? For her long hair is [fn]given for a covering. 16 But if anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such custom, and neither do the churches of God.