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1 Corinthians 11:7

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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.

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1 Corinthians 11:7 in other translations

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.

1 Corinthians 11:7 · World English Bible

1 Corinthians 11:7 in context

  1. 5But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.
  2. 6For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.
  3. 7For 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.
  4. 8For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:
  5. 9for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man: