1Co 11:1  Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

1Co 11:2  Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances (this word is translated ‘traditions’ every of the 13 times but this one in the NT), as I delivered them to you.

1Co 11:3  But I would have you know, that the head (symbol of authority) of every man is Christ; and the head (symbol of authority) of the woman is the man; and the head (symbol of authority) of Christ is God.

1Co 11:4  Every man praying or prophesying, having his head (symbol of authority) covered, dishonoureth his head (symbol of authority).

1Co 11:5  But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head (symbol of authority) uncovered (as though she doesn’t have one) dishonoureth her head (symbol of authority): for that is even all one as if she were shaven (which would be unnatural for a woman to have no hair, see verse 15).

1Co 11:6  For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered (showing that she is under authority).

1Co 11:7  For a man indeed ought not to cover his head (symbol of authority), forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man (referring to the creation story).

1Co 11:8  For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.

1Co 11:9  Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

1Co 11:10  For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head (symbol of authority) because of the angels.

1Co 11:11  Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord (they are referred to as one in the story of creation).

1Co 11:12  For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God (after creation).

1Co 11:13  Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered (while not being submissive to her God given authority)? (This same logic holds true to men in 1 Peter 3:7.)

1Co 11:14  Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

1Co 11:15  But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

1Co 11:16  But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.