1 Corinthians 11:12
For just as the woman is from the man, so also the man is through the woman. But all things are from God.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
In Context
11Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in Lord.
13Judge ye among yourselves, is it proper for a woman to pray to God uncovered?
Cross References
Proverbs 16:4LORD has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
1 Corinthians 8:6yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 11:2-17
Directions Concerning Attire; Female Subjection. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head… Read the whole commentary →