9. And man was not created for woman, but woman for man.
10. This is why a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.
11. In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, and man is not independent of woman.
12. For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God.
13. Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14. Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a disgrace to him,
15. but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her as a covering.
16. But if anyone wants to argue about this, we have no other custom, nor do the churches of God.
17. Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.
18. For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.