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1 Corinthians 11:15
1 Corinthians 11:15 is verse 15 of 1 Corinthians chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
King James Version
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
World English Bible
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 11:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper 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 that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
16 If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
17 In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 11Greek words
γυνὴa womanδὲhoweverἐὰνifκομᾷ,she shall have long hair,δόξαgloryαὐτῇto herἐστιν;it is?ὅτιForἡtheκόμηlong hairἀντὶinsteadπεριβολαίουof a coveringδέδοταιhas been given
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