Headship and Distinctions in Worship

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and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

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Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,

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and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,

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for if a woman is not covered--then let her be shorn, and if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven--let her be covered;

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for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,

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for a man is not of a woman, but a woman is of a man,

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for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;

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because of this the woman ought to have a token of authority upon the head, because of the messengers;

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but neither is a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

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for as the woman is of the man, so also the man is through the woman, and the all things are of God.

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In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?

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doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?

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and a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering hath been given to her;

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and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.