1 Corinthians 11:2-16

21st Century King James Version

² Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things and keep the ordinances as I have delivered them to you.

³ But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

⁴ Every man who prayeth or prophesieth, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.

⁵ But every woman who prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head, for that is one and the same as if she were shaven.

⁶ For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

⁷ For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, inasmuch as he is 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 woman, but the woman for the man.

¹⁰ For this cause ought the woman to have power on 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 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.

¹³ Judge for yourselves: Is it comely that a woman should pray unto God uncovered?

¹⁵ But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering.

¹⁶ But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.