1 Corinthians 11:12
For as the woman [is] of the man, so also [is] the man by the woman, but all things of God.
Darby Translation
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
11However, neither [is] woman without man, nor man without woman, in [the] Lord.
13Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman should pray to God uncovered?
Cross References
Proverbs 16:4Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
1 Corinthians 8:6yet to us [there is] one God, the Father, of whom all things, and *we* for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and *we* by 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 →