1 Corinthians 11

¹You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

²Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

³But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

⁴Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

⁵And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.

⁶If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

⁷A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

⁸For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.

⁹Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

¹⁰For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

¹¹In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

¹²For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

¹³Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?