1 Corinthians 11:3 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 11:3

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.

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ASV

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.

WEB

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

YLT

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

DBT

But I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, but woman's head [is] the man, and the Christ's headGod.

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
1 Peter 3:1
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Colossians 3:18
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

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), by appearing in a habit unsuitable to the rank in which God has placed him. Note, We should, even in our dress and habits, avoid every thing that may dishonour Christ. The woman, on the other hand, who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head, namely, the man,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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