12. For just as the woman came from the man, so the man comes through the woman, but all things come from God.
13. Judge for yourselves. Is it proper for a woman to pray to God uncovered?
14. Does even nature itself not teach you that if a man has long hair it is a shame to him?
15. But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering.
16. But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor have the churches of God.
17. Now in what I have to say to you, I do not praise you. You have come together not for the better, but for the worse.
18. First of all, when you come together as the church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
19. For there must also be factions among you so that those who are genuine may become evident among you.