12. For although the first woman came from man, every other man was born from a woman, and everything comes from God.
13. Judge for yourselves. Is it right for a woman to pray to God in public without covering her head?
14. Isn’t it obvious that it’s disgraceful for a man to have long hair?
15. And isn’t long hair a woman’s pride and joy? For it has been given to her as a covering.
16. But if anyone wants to argue about this, I simply say that we have no other custom than this, and neither do God’s other churches.
17. But in the following instructions, I cannot praise you. For it sounds as if more harm than good is done when you meet together.
18. First, I hear that there are divisions among you when you meet as a church, and to some extent I believe it.
19. But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that you who have God’s approval will be recognized!
20. When you meet together, you are not really interested in the Lord’s Supper.