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^(C1)Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

Now ^(C1)I praise you because you ^(C2)remember me in everything and ^(C3)hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you.

But I want you to understand that Christ is the ^(C1)head of every man, and ^(F1)(C2)the man is the head of a woman, and God is the ^(C3)head of Christ.

Every man who has something on his head while praying or ^(C1)prophesying disgraces his head.

But every ^(C1)woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for it is one and the same as the woman ^(F1)whose head is ^(C2)shaved.

For if a woman does not cover ^(F1)her head, have her also ^(F2)cut her hair off; however, if it is disgraceful for a woman to ^(F2)have her hair cut off or ^(F1)her head shaved, have her cover ^(F1)her head.

For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the ^(C1)image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

For ^(C1)man ^(F1)does not originate from woman, but woman from man;

for indeed man was not created for the woman's sake, but ^(C1)woman for the man's sake.

Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

However, in the Lord, neither is woman ^(F1)independent of man, nor is man ^(F1)independent of woman.

For as the woman originated from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and ^(C1)all things originate ^(C2)from God.

^(C1)Judge ^(F1)for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

Does even nature itself not teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,

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

But if anyone is inclined to be contentious, ^(C1)we have no ^(F1)such practice, nor have ^(C2)the churches of God.