1 Corinthians 11:7
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, being an image and glory of God, but woman is a glory of man.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8For man is not from woman, but woman from man.
Cross References
Genesis 1:26And God said, Let us make man in our image--after our likeness--and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God he made him,
Psalms 8:6Thou make him to have dominion over the works of thy hands. Thou have put all things under his feet.
James 3:9By it we bless the God and Father, and by it we curse men, who were made according to a likeness of God.
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 →