1 Corinthians 11:16
If, however, anyone still thinks it right to contest the point – well, we have no such custom, nor have the churches of God.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
In Context
15a woman’s long hair is her glory? Her hair has been given her to serve as a covering.
Cross References
Acts 21:24Join these men, share their purification, and bear their expenses, so that they may shave their heads; and then all will see that there is no truth in what they have been told about you, but that, on the contrary, you yourself rule your life in obedience to the Jewish Law.
1 Corinthians 14:33for God is not a God of disorder, but of peace.) This custom prevails in all the churches of Christ’s people.
1 Thessalonians 2:14For you, friends, began to follow the example of the churches of God in Judea which are in union with Jesus Christ; you, in your turn, suffering at the hands of your fellow citizens, in the same way as those churches did at the hands of their people –
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 11:2-17
Directions Concerning Attire; Female Subjection. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 3 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. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head… Read the whole commentary →