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How Christian Women Should Live

I think you have done well because you always remember me and have followed the things I taught you. I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man. The husband is the head of his wife. God is the head of Christ. If any man prays or preaches with his head covered, he does not give honor to Christ.

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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