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1 Corinthians 11:7
1 Corinthians 11:7 is verse 7 of 1 Corinthians chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
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.
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1 Corinthians 11:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.
6 If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.
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.
8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.
9 Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 1:26Then 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 earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
Genesis 1:27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Psalms 8:6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
James 3:9With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
1 Corinthians 11:3But 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.
Genesis 3:16To 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.”