Question:
Explain 1 Corinthians 11:16, “We have no such custom.”

Answer:
1 Corinthians 11:16 says: “But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.”

Neither man or woman is to be contentious, which means striving, arguing (which isn’t the custom in the assembly). We are to take God’s Word and act on it—not argue about it. You are not to get argumentative (contentious) about the issue of sisters wearing a head covering. (The “custom” is in relation to being contentious, not in relation to wearing a head covering.) We’re each responsible to the Lord. (We’re not under law, but under grace.) God gives us His order, and we do it because He says so, (not because we have to do it, but because we want to please Him.)