1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Christian Standard Bible

Instructions about Head Coverings

² Now I praise you^[a] because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions^(A) just as I delivered^(B) them to you. ³ But I want you to know that Christ is the head^(C) of every man, and the man is the head of the woman,^[b](D) and God is the head of Christ.^{(E) 4} Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors^(F) his head. ⁵ Every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved.^{(G) 6} For if a woman doesn’t cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her head be covered.

⁷ A man should not cover his head, because he is the image^(H) and glory of God.^(I) So too, woman is the glory of man. ⁸ For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man.^{(J) 9} Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man. ¹⁰ This is why a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. ¹¹ In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, and man is not independent of woman. ¹² For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God.^(K)

¹³ Judge^(L) for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴ Does not even nature itself teach^(M) you that if a man has long hair it is a disgrace^(N) to him, ¹⁵ but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory?^(O) For her hair is given to her^[c] as a covering. ¹⁶ If anyone wants to argue about this, we have no other^[d] custom, nor do the churches of God.