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Male and female in the worshiping church

I congratulate you that you are remembering me in everything, and you are keeping the traditions as I handed them on to you. But I want you to know this: that the Messiah is the “head” of every man, and the husband is the “head” of every wife, and God is the “head” of the Messiah. Every man who prays or prophesies while wearing something on his head brings shame on his “head”;

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On Covering the Head in Worship

I praise you(A) for remembering me in everything(B) and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you.(C) But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ,(D) and the head of the woman is man,[a](E) and the head of Christ is God.(F) Every man who prays or prophesies(G) with his head covered dishonors his head.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Or of the wife is her husband