1 Corinthians 11:12-19 Common English Bible (CEB)

12. As woman came from man so also man comes from woman. But everything comes from God.

13. Judge for yourselves: Is it appropriate for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

14. Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him;

15. but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? This is because her long hair is given to her for a covering.

16. But if someone wants to argue about this, we don’t have such a custom, nor do God’s churches.

17. Now I don’t praise you as I give the following instruction because when you meet together, it does more harm than good.

18. First of all, when you meet together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.

19. It’s necessary that there are groups among you, to make it clear who is genuine.

1 Corinthians 11