2 And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep, 3 and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, 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, doth dishonour his head, 5 and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour 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 a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man; 10 because of this the woman ought to have [a token of] authority upon the head, because of the messengers; 11 but neither [is] a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord, 12 for as the woman [is] of the man, so also the man [is] through the woman, and the all things [are] of God. 13 In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God? 14 doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him? 15 and a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering hath been given to her; 16 and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.