1 Corinthians 11:10
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
Updated King James Version
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; but the woman for the man.
11Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
Cross References
Genesis 20:16And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to you a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with you, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
Ecclesiastes 5:6Suffer not your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; neither say you before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of yours hands?
Hebrews 1:14Are they not all ministering spirits, (o. pneuma) sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
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 →