1 Corinthians 11:8

For it was not man who was taken from woman, but woman who was taken from man.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.

In Context

7A man ought not to have his head covered, for he has been from the beginning ‘the likeness of God’ and the reflection of his glory, but woman is the reflection of man’s glory.

9Besides, man was not created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.

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Cross References

1 Timothy 2:13Adam was formed first, not Eve.

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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