2I praise you, then, because you remember me in all respects and because you hold fast the traditions just as I delivered them to you.3I desire you to know that the head of every man is the Christ, the head of woman is the man, and the head of the Christ is God.4Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.5Every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.6For if a woman does not cover herself, let her also be shorn; but if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.7A man, on the other hand, ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of man.8For man is not from woman, but woman is from man.9And indeed man was not created for woman, but woman for man.10Therefore the woman ought to have authority upon her head because of the angels.11Nevertheless, in the Lord neither is woman independent of man nor man independent of woman.12For just as the woman is from the man, so also the man is through the woman; yet all things are from God.13Judge among yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God uncovered?14Nor does nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a dishonor to him.15But if a woman wears long hair it is a glory to her, because her hair has been given to her for a covering.16But if anyone seems to be dispute-loving, we have no such custom, nor do the assemblies of God.