1 Corinthians 11:7
The man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man.
Cross References
Genesis 1:26And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generation of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God.
Psalms 8:6Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour:
James 3:9By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men, who are made after the 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 →