1 Corinthians 11:7 BSB

1 Corinthians 11:7

A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head,.... The Ethiopic version adds, "whilst he prays"; which is a proper interpretation of the words, though a wrong version; for the apostle's meaning is not, that a man should not have his head covered at any time, but whilst he is in public worship, praying, prophesying, or singing of psalms: the reason is, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"Express image," Greek, "the impress." The Divine Son is not merely "like" God, He is God of God, "being of one substance (essence) with the Father." [Nicene Creed]. woman . . . glory of . . . man--He does not say, also, "the image of the man." For the sexes differ: moreover, the woman is created in the image of God, as well as the man (Ge 1:26, 27).

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀνὴρ	Anēr	A man	G435 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ὀφείλει	opheilei	ought	G3784 →
κατακαλύπτεσθαι	katakaluptesthai	to cover	G2619 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
κεφαλὴν	kephalēn	head	G2776 →
εἰκὼν	eikōn	image	G1504 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δόξα	doxa	glory	G1391 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
ὑπάρχων·	huparchōn	being;	G5225 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
γυνὴ	gunē	woman	G1135 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
δόξα	doxa	[the] glory	G1391 →
ἀνδρός	andros	of man	G435 →
ἐστιν·	estin	is;	G1510 →

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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
Psalms 8:6
You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
leads to
- Genesis 1:28
  God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature…
- Genesis 1:26
  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the…
- Matthew 28:18
  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Hebrews 2:8
  and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.
Through
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
leads to
- Leviticus 24:17
  And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
- Matthew 26:52
  “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
Through
1 Corinthians 11:3
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.
leads to
- Genesis 3:16
  To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Through
Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:24
  and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

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Where the connections lead

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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