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Passage Lookup: 1 Corinthians 11:1-16
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1 Corinthians 11:1
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1Follow my example,(a) as I follow the example of Christ.(b)
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1 Corinthians 11:2
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On Covering the Head in Worship
I praise you(c) for remembering me in everything(d) and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you.(e)Footnotes:
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1 Corinthians 11:3
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But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ,(f) and the head of the woman is man,[a](g) and the head of Christ is God.(h)
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1 Corinthians 11:4
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Every man who prays or prophesies(i) with his head covered dishonors his head.
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1 Corinthians 11:5
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But every woman who prays or prophesies(j) with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved.(k)
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1 Corinthians 11:6
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For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.
1 Corinthians 11:7
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A man ought not to cover his head,[b] since he is the image(l) and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.
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1 Corinthians 11:8
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For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;(m)
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1 Corinthians 11:9
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neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.(n)
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1 Corinthians 11:10
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It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own[c] head, because of the angels.
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1 Corinthians 11:11
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Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
1 Corinthians 11:12
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For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.(o)
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1 Corinthians 11:13
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Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
1 Corinthians 11:14
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Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
1 Corinthians 11:15
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but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
1 Corinthians 11:16
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If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God.(p)
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