In verse 13, Paul addresses women who prophesy with their hair unkempt and says that even nature approves of this basic rule. Nature here most likely refers to "long-established customs" because Paul would have been well aware of long-haired Jewish Nazarenes and long-haired Spartan soldiers. Paul then, in the next two verses, tells the same story but with the genders reversed, Now a man who prophesies with long, unkempt hair is a disgrace and disgrace to women, for women who have long hair choose to display them as a symbol of their authorities. Schreiner also adds: "A woman's wearing of head coverings is consistent with the God-given sense that women and men are