1 Corinthians 11:12
For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
Majority Standard Bible
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
11In the Lord, however, man is not independent of woman, nor is woman independent of man.
13Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
Cross References
Proverbs 16:4The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
1 Corinthians 8:6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
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 →