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but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled disgraces her head—it is one and the same thing as having her head shaved.

For if a woman will not veil herself, then she should cut off her hair; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, she should wear a veil.

For a man ought not to have his head veiled, since he is the image and reflection of God; but woman is the reflection of man.

Indeed, man was not made from woman, but woman from man.

Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.

For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman; but all things come from God.

but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

But if anyone is disposed to be contentious—we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

Now in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.

But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged.

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;

and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord;

and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.

Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many.

But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.

whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member,

that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another.

But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.