哥林多前书第十一章第3—15节，保罗说基督是男人的头，男人是女人的头，神是基督的头。男人祷告或讲道不能蒙着头，因为祷告或讲道都应以基督为首为核心；而女人祷告或讲道需要蒙着头，这样才能越过对人的夸耀而能够时刻看到基督是救主。男人是神的形像和荣耀，而女人是男人的荣耀，起初神造人的时候，男人不是由女人而出，而女人乃是由男人而出，因为神是从亚当的身上取了一条肋骨造了夏娃。男人祷告或是讲道若蒙着头就是羞辱自己的头，若女人祷告或是讲道不蒙着头也是羞辱自己的头。男人若有长头发便是他的羞辱，而女人有长头发乃是她的荣耀因为这头发是给她作盖头的。

林前11:3 我愿意你们知道、基督是各人的头．男人是女人的头、 神是基督的头。
But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
林前11:4 凡男人祷告或是讲道、〔讲道或作说预言下同〕若蒙着头、就羞辱自己的头。
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
林前11:5 凡女人祷告或是讲道、若不蒙着头、就羞辱自己的头．因为这就如同剃了头发一样。
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
林前11:6 女人若不蒙着头、就该剪了头发．女人若以剪发剃发为羞愧、就该蒙着头。
For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.
林前11:7 男人本不该蒙着头、因为他是 神的形像和荣耀、但女人是男人的荣耀。
For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
林前11:8 起初、男人不是由女人而出．女人乃是由男人而出。
For man is not from woman, but woman from man;
林前11:9 并且男人不是为女人造的．女人乃是为男人造的。
for neither was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
林前11:10 因此、女人为天使的缘故、应当在头上有服权柄的记号。
For this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.
林前11:11 然而照主的安排、女也不是无男、男也不是无女。
Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
林前11:12 因为女人原是由男人而出、男人也是由女人而出．但万有都是出乎 神。
For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.
林前11:13 你们自己审察、女人祷告 神、不蒙着头、是合宜的么。
Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
林前11:14 你们的本性不也指示你们、男人若有长头发、便是他的羞辱么。
Doesn't even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
林前11:15 但女人有长头发、乃是他的荣耀．因为这头发是给他作盖头的。
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.