8. Man didn’t have his origin from woman, but woman from man;
9. and man wasn’t created for the sake of the woman, but the woman for the sake of the man.
10. Because of this a woman should have authority over her head, because of the angels.
11. However, woman isn’t independent from man, and man isn’t independent from woman in the Lord.
12. As woman came from man so also man comes from woman. But everything comes from God.
13. Judge for yourselves: Is it appropriate for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14. Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him;
15. but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? This is because her long hair is given to her for a covering.
16. But if someone wants to argue about this, we don’t have such a custom, nor do God’s churches.
17. Now I don’t praise you as I give the following instruction because when you meet together, it does more harm than good.
18. First of all, when you meet together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.
19. It’s necessary that there are groups among you, to make it clear who is genuine.
20. So when you get together in one place, it isn’t to eat the Lord’s meal.
21. Each of you goes ahead and eats a private meal. One person goes hungry while another is drunk.
22. Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on God’s churches and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Will I praise you? No, I don’t praise you in this.
23. I received a tradition from the Lord, which I also handed on to you: on the night on which he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread.