^{4 Ref} Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,

^{5 Ref} 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,

^{6 Ref} 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;

^{7 Ref} 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,

^{8 Ref} for a man is not of a woman, but a woman `is' of a man,

^{9 Ref} for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;

^{10 Ref} because of this the woman ought to have `a token of' authority upon the head, because of the messengers;

^{11 Ref} but neither `is' a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

^{12 Ref} for as the woman `is' of the man, so also the man `is' through the woman, and the all things `are' of God.

^{13 Ref} In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?

^{14 Ref} doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?

¹⁵ 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;