12. For as woman was made from man, in the same way man is born of woman; and it is God who brings everything into existence.
13. Judge for yourselves whether it is proper for a woman to pray to God in public worship with nothing on her head.
14. Why, nature itself teaches you that long hair on a man is a disgrace,
15. but on a woman it is a thing of beauty. Her long hair has been given her to serve as a covering.
16. But if anyone wants to argue about it, all I have to say is that neither we nor the churches of God have any other custom in worship.
17. In the following instructions, however, I do not praise you, because your meetings for worship actually do more harm than good.
18. In the first place, I have been told that there are opposing groups in your meetings; and this I believe is partly true.