[11:2] I praise you because you always remember me and follow the teachings that I have handed on to you.
[11:3] But I want you to understand that Christ is supreme over every man, the husband is supreme over his wife, and God is supreme over Christ.
[11:4] So a man who prays or proclaims God's message in public worship with his head covered disgraces Christ.
[11:5] And any woman who prays or proclaims God's message in public worship with nothing on her head disgraces her husband; there is no difference between her and a woman whose head has been shaved.
[11:6] If the woman does not cover her head, she might as well cut her hair. And since it is a shameful thing for a woman to shave her head or cut her hair, she should cover her head.
[11:7] A man has no need to cover his head, because he reflects the image and glory of God. But woman reflects the glory of man;
[11:8] for man was not created from woman, but woman from man.
[11:9] Nor was man created for woman's sake, but woman was created for man's sake.
[11:10] On account of the angels, then, a woman should have a covering over her head to show that she is under her husband's authority.
[11:11] In our life in the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
[11:12] For as woman was made from man, in the same way man is born of woman; and it is God who brings everything into existence.
[11:13] Judge for yourselves whether it is proper for a woman to pray to God in public worship with nothing on her head.
[11:14] Why, nature itself teaches you that long hair on a man is a disgrace,
[11:15] but on a woman it is a thing of beauty. Her long hair has been given her to serve as a covering.
[11:16] But if anyone wants to argue about it, all I have to say is that neither we nor the churches of God have any other custom in worship.