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1 Corinthians - ch 11 v 1 - 20
- So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.
- Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.
- But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
- Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.
- But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off.
- For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.
- For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
- For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man.
- And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man.
- For this reason it is right for the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.
- But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.
- For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.
- Be judges yourselves of the question: does it seem right for a woman to take part in prayer unveiled?
- Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him?
- But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering.
- But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches of God.
- But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.
- For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.
- For divisions are necessary among you, in order that those who have God's approval may be clearly seen among you.
- But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:
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