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1 Corinthians 11:9

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for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:

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1 Corinthians 11:9 in other translations

for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.

1 Corinthians 11:9 · World English Bible

1 Corinthians 11:9 in context

  1. 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.
  2. 8For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:
  3. 9for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:
  4. 10for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.
  5. 11Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.