The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.<n id="1" />

For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.

Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man.

In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

A husband should give to his wife her sexual rights,<n id="1" /> and likewise a wife to her husband.

For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should cover her head.

It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation?<n id="1" /> Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?<n id="2" />p>

For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: &#8220;It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.&#8221;<n id="1" />

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority<n id="1" /> on her head, because of the angels.<n id="2" />

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

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband.<n id="1" /> Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with<n id="1" /> his own wife and each woman with<n id="2" /> her own husband.

<p class="bodytext">To the married I give this command &#8211; not I, but the Lord<n id="1" /> &#8211; a wife should not divorce a husband

(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.p>

but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with<n id="1" /> his father&#8217;s wife.

And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.