Now I praise you that you remember me in all things, and just as I handed over to you the traditions, you hold fast to them. But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies while[a] having something[b] on his head dishonors his head,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:4 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“having”) which is understood as temporal
  2. 1 Corinthians 11:4 Here the direct object must be supplied from context, but the exact nature of the object is not clear from the context, so “something” is used in the English translation