1 Corinthians 11:8
in 1 Corinthians 11For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.
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ASV
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:
KJV
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
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This verse in 1 Corinthians 11
Commentary
11 notes on this verseHe sets forth the reasons why the husband has preeminence over the wife, namely: the wife was created from his rib, and he was not created for her, but she for him. For it is said: "Let us make him a helper" (Gen. 2:18). How …
This site's exposition
he is the image and glory of God
on 1 Corinthians 11:7-9
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: Paul grounds the practice in Genesis 1:27 and 2:18-23 rather than in Corinth's fashions alone, man and woman both bearing God's image while standing in a created order Paul reads as significant for worship's outward form. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man: neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man: the appeal to the order and manner of creation, Eve formed from Adam and for his companionship, is the passage's own stated reason, offered without disparagement of the woman's equal standing before God, which verse 11 will state directly. The bench notes that Paul argues from creation precisely because the practice he commends is meant to reflect something more permanent than local custom, whatever view is taken of how far the covering itself is bound to that culture.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
A commentator
Theodoret of CyrusCOMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 234 · Written before 458.
proposed
Man has the first place because of the order of creation.
Then, having affirmed his point, he states again other reasons and causes also, leading thee to the first creation, and saying thus: "For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man." But if to be of any one, is a glory to him of whom one is, much more the being an image of him. "For neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man." This is again a second superiority, nay, rather also a third, and a fourth, the first being, that Christ is the head of us, and we of the woman; a second, that we are the glory of God, but the woman of us; a third, that we are not of the woman, but she of us; a fourth, that we are not for her, but she for us.
For even if women among them [the Montanists] are appointed to the office of bishop and presbyter by appealing to Eve, they hear the Lord saying: "Your resort shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you." And the apostolic word has also …
The Medieval Church1 voice
Having stated that the woman is the glory of man, the Apostle now prepares to prove it. In regard to this he does three things: first, he presents the proof; secondly, he assigns a reason for what he had said (v. 9); thirdly, he draws …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
For the man is not of the woman,....
4 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century4 voices
For, the man is not of the woman - Bishop Pearce translates ου γαρ εστιν ανηρ εκ γυναικος, αλλα γυνη εξ ανδρος, thus: “For the man doth not Belong to the woman, but the woman to the man.” And vindicates this sense of εκ, by its use in 1Co 12:15. If the foot shall say, ουκ ειμι εκ του σωματος, I am not of the body, i.e. I do not belong to the body.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The woman was made by God mediately through the man, who was, as it were, a veil or medium placed between her and God, and therefore, should wear the veil or head-covering in public worship, in acknowledgement of this subordination to man in the order of creation.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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).
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
For the man is not of the woman - The man was not formed from the woman. But the woman of the man - From his side; Gen 2:18, Gen 2:22-23.
The words behind it
10 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| οὐ | ou | Not | G3756 → | 1664 times |
| γάρ | gar | for | G1063 → | 1039 times |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| ἀνὴρ | aner | man | G435 → | 216 times |
| ἐκ | ek | of | G1537 → | 911 times |
| γυναικὸς | gunaikos | woman | G1135 → | 211 times |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | but | G235 → | 635 times |
| γυνὴ | gune | woman | G1135 → | 211 times |
| ἐξ | ex | of | G1537 → | 911 times |
| ἀνδρός· | andros | man; | G435 → | 216 times |
οὐNot
ouG3756 →1664 times
γάρfor
garG1063 →1039 times
ἐστινis
estinG1510 →2333 times
ἀνὴρman
anerG435 →216 times
ἐκof
ekG1537 →911 times
γυναικὸςwoman
gunaikosG1135 →211 times
ἀλλὰbut
allaG235 →635 times
γυνὴwoman
guneG1135 →211 times
ἐξof
exG1537 →911 times
ἀνδρός·man;
androsG435 →216 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Timothy 2:13For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
it leads to
- Genesis 2:18
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:8–9
For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.
- Genesis 2:22
And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
- Genesis 1:27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- Genesis 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- Genesis 2:18
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Corinthians
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Epiphanius of Salamis, PANARION 49.3; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on 1 Corinthians 26; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 234; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 1 Corinthians and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on 1 Corinthians.