1 Corinthians 11:12 BSB

1 Corinthians 11:12

For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.

KJV

For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

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Commentary

2 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on 1 Corinthians (1274)

Secondly, he assigns the reason, saying: For as in the first condition of things, woman was formed from the man, so in subsequent generations man was produced through woman, as Job says: "Man born of a woman" (Jb 14:1). For the first production of man …

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For as the woman is of the man - For as the woman was first formed out of the side of man, man has ever since been formed out of the womb of the woman; but they, as all other created things, are of God.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὥσπερ	hōsper	Just as	G5618 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
γυνὴ	gunē	woman	G1135 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ἀνδρὸς	andros	man [is]	G435 →
οὕτως	houtōs	so	G3779 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἀνὴρ	anēr	man	G435 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
γυναικός,	gunaikos	woman [is],	G1135 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
πάντα	panta	all things	G3956 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ.	theou	God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 11:36
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
leads to
- Colossians 1:15–17
  The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6
  yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and…
- Hebrews 2:10
  In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
- 1 Timothy 1:17
  Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Through
1 Corinthians 8:6
yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and…
leads to
- Romans 11:36
  For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
- John 1:3
  Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
- Malachi 2:10
  Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
Through
Proverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
leads to
- Isaiah 43:21
  The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Corinthians