1 Corinthians 11:12
For just as woman came into existence from man, so also does man exist through woman. But all things are from God.
Catholic Public Domain 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
11Yet truly, man would not exist without woman, nor would woman exist without man, in the Lord.
13Judge for yourselves. Is it proper for a woman to pray to God unveiled?
Cross References
Proverbs 16:4The Lord has wrought all things because of himself. Likewise the impious is for the evil day.
1 Corinthians 8:6yet we know that there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things are, and in whom we are, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things are, and by whom we are.
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 →