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But every woman who prays or prophesies should have her head covered. If her head is not covered, she brings shame to her head. Then she is the same as a woman who has her head shaved.

If a woman does not cover her head, it is the same as cutting off all her hair. But it is shameful for a woman to cut off her hair or to shave her head. So she should cover her head.

But a man should not cover his head, because he is made like God and is God's glory. But woman is man's glory.

But in the Lord the woman needs the man, and the man needs the woman.

This is true because woman came from man, but also man is born from woman. Really, everything comes from God.

But wearing long hair is a woman's honor. Long hair is given to the woman to cover her head.

Some people may still want to argue about this. But we and the churches of God don't accept what those people are doing.

But if we judged ourselves in the right way, then God would not judge us.

But when the Lord judges us, he punishes us to show us the right way. He does this so that we will not be condemned with the world.

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but they are all from the same Spirit.

There are different ways to serve, but we serve the same Lord.

And there are different ways that God works in people, but it is the same God who works in all of us to do everything.

A person has only one body, but it has many parts. Yes, there are many parts, but all those parts are still just one body. Christ is like that too.

Some of us are Jews and some of us are not; some of us are slaves and some of us are free. But we were all baptized to become one body through one Spirit. And we were all given the one Spirit.

The foot might say, "I am not a hand, so I don't belong to the body." But saying this would not stop the foot from being a part of the body.

The ear might say, "I am not an eye, so I don't belong to the body." But saying this would not make the ear stop being a part of the body.

If each part of the body were the same part, there would be no body. But as it is, God put the parts in the body as he wanted them. He made a place for each one.

So there are many parts, but only one body.

The more beautiful parts don't need this special care. But God put the body together and gave more honor to the parts that need it.

Continue to give your attention to the spiritual gifts you consider to be the greatest. But now I want to point out a way of life that is even greater.