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Concerning The Wearing of Veils In Public: God Has Established Heads of Authority

Now I praise you because[a] you have remembered[b] me as to everything, and you are holding-on-to the traditions, just as I delivered to you. And[c] I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man[d], and the husband is the head of a wife, and God is the head of Christ.

Do Not Shame Your Head By How You Dress

Every[e] man praying or prophesying while having a covering down over his head is shaming[f] his head[g].

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:2 Or, that.
  2. 1 Corinthians 11:2 Or, kept me in mind.
  3. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Paul begins to expound upon the next topic about which the Corinthians had kept him in mind in their letter (7:1). Or, But; Paul begins to correct them regarding an issue about which they had not kept him in mind or held on to his teaching.
  4. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Or, husband.
  5. 1 Corinthians 11:4 Now Paul applies the general principle in verse 3 to a question specific to their culture.
  6. 1 Corinthians 11:4 Or, dishonoring.
  7. 1 Corinthians 11:4 That is, Christ; or, his physical head, and thus, himself. Similarly next.

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