1. Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
2. I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions, just as I handed them on to you.
3. But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and a husband the head of his wife, and God the head of Christ.
4. Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered brings shame upon his head.
5. But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled brings shame upon her head, for it is one and the same thing as if she had had her head shaved.
6. For if a woman does not have her head veiled, she may as well have her hair cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should wear a veil.