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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
11But yet neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.
13You yourselves judge: doth it become a woman, to pray unto God uncovered?
Cross References
Proverbs 16:4The Lord hath made all things for himself: the wicked also for the evil day.
1 Corinthians 8:6Yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto 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 →