1 Corinthians 11:12
For just as woman originates from man, so also man comes into existence through woman, but everything springs originally from God.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
11Yet, in the Lord, woman is not independent of man nor man independent of woman.
13Judge of this for your own selves: is it seemly for a woman to pray to God when she is unveiled?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 8:6yet *we* have but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things and for whose service we exist, and but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we and all things exist.
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 →