1 Corinthians 11:12
For as the woman was from the man, so the man is by the woman; and every thing is from God.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
11Nevertheless, the man is not without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in our Lord.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 8:6yet to us, on our part, there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus the Messiah, by whom are all things, and we also 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 →