1 Corinthians 11:7

A man ought not to cover his heed for as moche as he is the image and glory of God. The woman is the glory of the man.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

In Context

6If the woman be not covered lett her also be shoren. If it be shame for a woman to be shorne or shave let her cover her heed.

8For the man is not of the woman but the woman of the man.

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Cross References

James 3:9Therwith blesse we God the father and therwith cursse we me which are made after the similitude 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 →

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