1 Corinthians 11:7
For a man ought not to couer his head: for as much as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
8For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man.
Cross References
Genesis 1:26Furthermore God said, Let vs make man in our image according to our likenes, and let them rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, and ouer the beastes, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery thing that creepeth and moueth on the earth.
Genesis 5:1This is the booke of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created Adam, in the likenes of God made he him,
Psalms 8:6Thou hast made him to haue dominion in the workes of thine hands: thou hast put all things vnder his feete:
James 3:9Therewith blesse we God euen the Father, and therewith curse we men, 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 →