1 Corinthians 11:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 For just as woman came from man, so man is born of woman; but all things are from God.(A)
13 [a]Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head unveiled? 14 Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears his hair long it is a disgrace to him,
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- 11:13–16 The argument for conformity to common church practice is summed up and pressed home. 1 Cor 11:14–15 contain a final appeal to the sense of propriety that contemporary Greek society would consider “natural” (cf. 1 Cor 11:5–6).
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