1
Be my imitators, even as *I* also [am] of Christ.
2
Now I praise you, that in all things ye are mindful of me; and that as I have directed you, ye keep the directions.
3
But I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, but woman's head [is] the man, and the Christ's head God.
4
Every man praying or prophesying, having [anything] on his head, puts his head to shame.
5
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered puts her own head to shame; for it is one and the same as a shaved [woman].
6
For if a woman be not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if [it be] shameful to a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, let her be covered.
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The word translated 'directed,' 'directions,' is used for any instruction or ordinance delivered by word of mouth or writing. As 'instructions,' 2Thess. 2.15.