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I commend epaineō · de you hymeis because hoti you remember mimnēskomai me egō in everything pas and kai hold firmly to katechō the ho traditions paradosis just as kathōs I passed them on paradidōmi to you hymeis. But de I want thelō you hymeis to understand oida that hoti the ho head kephalē of every pas man anēr is eimi · ho Christ Christos, and de the head kephalē of a wife gynē is her ho husband anēr, and de the head kephalē of ho Christ Christos is · ho God theos. Any pas man anēr who prays proseuchomai or ē prophesies prophēteuō with echō his head kephalē covered kata disgraces kataischunō · ho his autos head kephalē, but de any pas wife gynē who prays proseuchomai or ē prophesies prophēteuō with her ho head kephalē uncovered akatakalyptos disgraces kataischunō · ho her autos head kephalē, for gar it is eimi one heis and kai the ho same autos as a woman ho who has her head shaved xyraō. For gar if ei a woman gynē will not ou cover katakalyptō her head, · kai she should cut her hair short keirō. But de if ei it is disgraceful aischros for a woman gynē · ho to have her hair cut short keirō or ē have her head shaved xyraō, she should cover her head katakalyptō. For gar a man anēr should opheilō not ou have his ho head kephalē covered katakalyptō, since he is hyparchō the image eikōn and kai glory doxa of God theos, but de · ho woman gynē is eimi the glory doxa of man anēr. For gar man anēr did not ou come eimi from ek woman gynē, but alla woman gynē from ek man anēr. · kai Neither ou was man anēr created ktizō for dia · ho woman gynē, but alla woman gynē for dia · ho man anēr. 10 For dia this houtos reason a woman gynē ought opheilō · ho to have echō a sign of authority exousia on epi her ho head kephalē, because dia of the ho angels angelos.

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On Covering the Head in Worship

I praise you(A) for remembering me in everything(B) and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you.(C) But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ,(D) and the head of the woman is man,[a](E) and the head of Christ is God.(F) Every man who prays or prophesies(G) with his head covered dishonors his head. But every woman who prays or prophesies(H) with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved.(I) For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.

A man ought not to cover his head,[b] since he is the image(J) and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;(K) neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.(L) 10 It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own[c] head, because of the angels.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Or of the wife is her husband
  2. 1 Corinthians 11:7 Or Every man who prays or prophesies with long hair dishonors his head. But every woman who prays or prophesies with no covering of hair dishonors her head—she is just like one of the “shorn women.” If a woman has no covering, let her be for now with short hair; but since it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair shorn or shaved, she should grow it again. A man ought not to have long hair
  3. 1 Corinthians 11:10 Or have a sign of authority on her