NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 15

1 Corinthians 11:15

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But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.

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1 Corinthians 11:12–18

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For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.

13

Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?

14

Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

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But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.

16

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

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But in giving you this command I don’t praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

18

For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

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