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For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.

for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.)

Judge for yourselves; is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

If any one is disposed to be contentious, we recognize no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.

Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus be cursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit.

and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one.

But as it is, God arranged the organs in the body, each one of them, as he chose.

which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior part,

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, speakers in various kinds of tongues.

For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all;

the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.

But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silence in church and speak to himself and to God.

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

What! Did the word of God originate with you, or are you the only ones it has reached?

For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God which is with me.

We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.

Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.