A moment in scripture
1 Corinthians 11:16
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But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Corinthians 11:14
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
- 1 Corinthians 11:15
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
- 1 Corinthians 11:17
Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
- 1 Corinthians 11:18
For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.