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For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a commission nonetheless.

For though I am free from all people, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may gain more.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the Law, I became as one under the Law, though not being under the Law myself, so that I might gain those who are under the Law;

I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. So they do it to obtain a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

Therefore I run in such a way as not to run aimlessly; I box in such a way, as to avoid hitting air;

and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.

Is the cup of blessing which we bless not a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is the bread which we break not a sharing in the body of Christ?

But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

For if a woman does not cover her head, have her also cut her hair off; however, if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, have her cover her head.

For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

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

Does even nature itself not teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,

but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her as a covering.

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.

But a person must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number are asleep.

If the foot says, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any less a part of the body.