哥林多前書11:1-16

11:1 你們該效法我，像我效法基督一樣。
11:2 我稱讚你們，因你們凡事記念我，又堅守我所傳給你們的。
11:3 我願意你們知道，基督是各人的頭；男人是女人的頭；上帝是基督的頭。
11:4 凡男人禱告或是講道（或譯：說預言；下同），若蒙著頭，就羞辱自己的頭。
11:5 凡女人禱告或是講道，若不蒙著頭，就羞辱自己的頭，因為這就如同剃了頭髮一樣。
11:6 女人若不蒙著頭，就該剪了頭髮；女人若以剪髮、剃髮為羞愧，就該蒙著頭。
11:7 男人本不該蒙著頭，因為他是上帝的形像和榮耀；但女人是男人的榮耀。
11:8 起初，男人不是由女人而出，女人乃是由男人而出；
11:9 並且男人不是為女人造的，女人乃是為男人造的。
11:10 因此，女人為天使的緣故，應當在頭上有服權柄的記號。
11:11 然而照主的安排，女也不是無男，男也不是無女。
11:12 因為女人原是由男人而出，男人也是由女人而出；但萬有都是出乎上帝。
11:13 你們自己審察，女人禱告上帝，不蒙著頭是合宜的嗎？
11:14 你們的本性不也指示你們，男人若有長頭髮，便是他的羞辱嗎？
11:15 但女人有長頭髮，乃是她的榮耀，因為這頭髮是給她作蓋頭的。
11:16 若有人想要辯駁，我們卻沒有這樣的規矩，上帝的眾教會也是沒有的。

¹ Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

² I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you. ³ But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man,^[a] and the head of Christ is God. ⁴ Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. ⁵ But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved. ⁶ For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.
⁷ A man ought not to cover his head,^[b] since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. ⁸ For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; ⁹ neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. ¹⁰ It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own^[c] head, because of the angels. ¹¹ Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. ¹² For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
¹³ Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴ Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, ¹⁵ but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. ¹⁶ If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God.

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    基督徒的一生最重要的是要效法基督，就是保羅說的：「你們該效法我，像我效法基督一樣。我稱讚你們，因你們凡事記念我，又堅守我所傳給你們的。」

    傳道者就是教會當中傳講話語的人，上帝是藉由話語與人接觸，來更新人成為基督的樣式，使基督成形在信徒的心中。而傳講話語的人，必須先被上帝話語來更新，所以要先自己效法基督，才有辦法使人認識基督。就像保羅討論蒙頭不蒙頭，不是為各人的榮耀，而是為基督的榮耀，所以要有男女之次序。當然今日文化不需要蒙頭，但是次序仍然要注意。不管是怎樣的情形，基督是教會的頭，如男人一樣，教會是為基督的身體如女人一般。教會要的就是榮耀基督，不是榮耀自己！

    因此，教會不在大小，而是在於有沒有讓基督在教會成為主，信徒要效法基督，為榮耀上帝而活。