1 Corinthians 11:16
But if any one is inclined to be contentious on the point, we have no such custom, nor have the Churches of God.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
15but that if a woman has long hair it is her glory, because her hair was given her for a covering?
Cross References
Acts 21:24Associate with these men and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses so that they can shave their heads. Then everybody will know that there is no truth in these stories about you, but that in your own actions you yourself scrupulously obey the Law.
1 Corinthians 14:33For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace, as He is in all the Churches of His people.
1 Thessalonians 2:14For you, brethren, followed the example of the Churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judaea; seeing that you endured the same ill-treatment at the hands of your countrymen, as they did at the hands of the Jews.
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 →