The law of God does not require women to wear a headcovering, nor does Paul require it in 1 Corinthians 11:1-16.
1. The woman did not wear a headcovering in the garden.
2. When man fell into sin, God did not command Eve to wear a headcovering.
3. Neither the law of Moses, nor the prophets, command women to wear a headcovering.
4. A headcovering is a piece of cloth.
5. It is comely for a woman to pray or prophecy without a headcovering.
6. A woman’s hair is her glory, not her shame.
7. Paul’s commandment to wear a headcovering is clothed in moral language.
8. Those moral principles that may be promoted by wearing a headcovering may also be promoted by not wearing a headcovering.
9. Some lands have customs and teachings of nature, contrary to those to whom Paul wrote.
10. Paul calls it a custom, not to cause contention in the church.
11. The resolution of this issue is not edifying to the church, except to instruct churches to follow local customs.
12. If Christians did not follow local customs, they would form different churches.