1 Corinthians 11:7
“For a man in deede ought not to couer his head, forasmuch as hee is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.”
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1 Corinthians 11:7 Context
5But euery woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head vncouered, dishonoureth her head: for that is euen all one as if she were shauen. 6For if the woman be not couered, let her also bee shorne: but if it bee a shame for a woman to be shorne or shauen, let her be couered. 7For a man in deede ought not to couer his head, forasmuch as hee is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. 8For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. 9Neither was the man created for the woman: but the woman for the man.
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 11:7
For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
- King James Version
For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
- Basic English Bible
For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but woman is man's glory.
- Darby Bible
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
- Webster's Bible
For a man ought not to have a veil on his head, since he is the image and glory of God; while woman is the glory of man.
- Weymouth Bible
For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
- World English Bible
But a man schal not hile his heed, for he is the ymage and the glorie of God; but a womman is the glorie of man.
- Wycliffe Bible
for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 11:7
11:7 A man indeed ought not to veil his head, because he is the image of God - In the dominion he bears over the creation, representing the supreme dominion of God, which is his glory. But the woman is only matter of glory to the man, who has a becoming dominion over her. Therefore she ought not to appear, but with her head veiled, as a tacit acknowledgment of it.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 11:7
1Co 11:7 A man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, etc. In this whole passage we must keep in mind the Eastern ideas of the relations of the sexes. Paul bases these rules of propriety on the account of their creation. The veil is a sign of subordination to others present. He is the image and glory of God. But man has no created superior. The woman is the glory of the man. She is subordinate to him, of which the veil is the symbol.