1 Corinthians 11:1-9 ▼

1 Become followers of me, as I also [am] of Christ.

2 And I praise you, brothers, that in all things you remember me, and according as I delivered to you, you keep the deliverances,

3 and I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

4 Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, dishonors his head,

5 and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, dishonors her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,

6 for if a woman is not covered—then let her be shorn, and if [it is] a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven—let her be covered;

7 for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,

8 for a man is not of a woman, but a woman [is] of a man,

9 for also was a man not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;