1Corinthians:11:2-16

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* Indeed I praise you for remembering me in everything , and because you are holding fast to the traditions just as you received them . * But I wish you to understand that the head of every man is Christ , and of a wife her husband is head ; and that God is head of Christ . * Every man who prays or prophesies with head veiled dishonors his Head ; * but every woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishonors her head (her husband ). for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven . * If a woman does not wear a veil , let her also cut off her hair ; now if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved , let her be veiled . * A man , indeed , ought not to have his head veiled , for he is an image and glory of God ; but woman is a glory of man . * For it is not man who was made from woman , but woman was made from man . * And man was not created for woman , but woman for man . * For this reason the woman ought to have authority over her head , because of her guardian angels . * However , in the Lord neither is woman independent of man , nor is man independent of woman ; * for just as the woman was made from the man , so also is the man born of the woman , while they both come from God . * Judge of this for your own selves . It is fitting that a woman should pray to God with her head unveiled . * Nor does nature itself teach you that it is a disgrace to a man to have long hair , * but it is womans glory , because her hair has been given her instead of a veil . * If , however , any one is inclined to be disputatious regarding such a custom , let him know that neither I nor the churches of God hold to such a custom .

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