1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man is not obligated to cover his head, because he is the likeness and the glory of Aloha; but woman is the glory of man.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

6For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn; but if it be shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

8For the man is not from woman, but the woman is from man.

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Cross References

James 3:9For by it we bless the Lord and the Father, and by it we curse men who in the likeness of Aloha were made;

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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