1 Corinthians 11:10
For this cause ought the woman to have on her head the mark of authority, because of the angels.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
In Context
9Neither was the man created for the woman's sake, but the woman for the man's sake.
11Nevertheless, the man is not without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in our Lord.
Cross References
Hebrews 1:14Are they not all spirits of ministration, who are sent to minister on account of them that are to inherit life?
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 →