1 Corinthians 11:12
For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman: but all things are of God.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
11Neuertheles, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord.
13Iudge in your selues, Is it comely that a woman pray vnto God vncouered?
Cross References
Proverbs 16:4The Lord hath made all things for his owne sake: yea, euen the wicked for the day of euill.
1 Corinthians 8:6Yet vnto vs there is but one God, which is that Father, of whome are all things, and we in him: and one Lord Iesus Christ, by whome 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 →