1 Corinthians 11:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But I wyl that ye knowe, that Christ is the head of euery man. And the man is the womans head: And God is Christes head.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς εἰδέναι, ὅτι παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἡ κεφαλὴ ὁ Χριστός ἐστιν· κεφαλὴ δὲ γυναικὸς ὁ ἀνήρ· κεφαλὴ δὲ Χριστοῦ ὁ Θεός.

Transliteration

Thelō de you eidenai, hoti of every andros the kephalē the Christos estin; kephalē de of gynaikos the anēr; kephalē de of Christou the Theos.

Grammar Details

• *Thelō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I wish/want
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• ὑμᾶς: accusative, 2nd person plural - you (object)
• *eidenai*: perfect active infinitive - to know
• *hoti*: conjunction - that
• παντὸς: genitive, masculine, singular - of every
• *andros*: genitive, masculine, singular - of man/husband
• *kephalē*: nominative, feminine, singular - head
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *gynaikos*: genitive, feminine, singular - of woman/wife
• *anēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - man/husband
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God

Word Meanings

• *Thelō*: wish/want/desire
• *eidenai*: to know/to understand
• *andros*: man/husband
• *kephalē*: head/source/authority
• *gynaikos*: woman/wife
• *anēr*: man/husband

Referenced Verses

• Gen 3:16 : 16 But vnto the woman he sayde: I wyll very much multiplie thy sorowe, and thy griefes of chylde bearyng, In sorowe shalt thou bring foorth children: thy desire shalbe to thy husbande, and he shall haue the rule of thee.
• 1 Cor 3:23 : 23 And ye are Christes, and Christe (is) Gods.
• Col 1:18 : 18 And he is the head of the body of the Churche: he is the begynnyng, the first borne of the dead, that in all thynges he myght haue the preeminence.
• Eph 4:15 : 15 But folowyng trueth in loue, let vs growe vp into him in all thynges whiche is the head, Christ:
• Col 2:19 : 19 And holdeth not the head, wherof all the body by ioyntes & bandes supported and knit together, encreaseth with the encrease of God.
• Col 3:18 : 18 Wiues, submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes, as it is comely in the Lorde.
• 1 Tim 2:11-12 : 11 Let the woman learne in scilence in all subiection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teache, neither to vsurpe auctoritie ouer ye man, but to be in scilence.
• 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 Likewise ye wyues, be in subiectio to your husbandes, that euen they whiche obey not the word, may without the word, be wonne by the couersation of ye wiues,
• 1 Pet 3:5-6 : 5 For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy women, whiche trusted in God, tyre them selues, and were obedient vnto theyr husbandes. 6 Euen as Sara obeyed Abraham, and called hym Lorde, whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well, and are not afrayde for any terrour.
• Eph 5:22-24 : 22 Wyues, submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes, as vnto the Lorde: 23 For the husbande is the head of the wyfe, euen as Christe is the head of the Church: & he is the sauiour of the bodie. 24 But as the Church is subiect to Christ, lykewyse the wyues to their owne husbandes in all thynges.
• Phil 2:7-9 : 7 But made hym selfe of no reputation, takyng on him the fourme of a seruaut, and made in the lykenesse of men, and founde in figure as a man: 8 He humbled hym selfe, made obedient vnto death, euen the death of the crosse. 9 Wherfore God also hath highly exalted hym, and geuen hym a name which is aboue euery name. 10 That in the name of Iesus euery knee should bowe, of thynges in heauen, and thynges in earth, and thinges vnder the earth: 11 And that euery tongue should confesse that the Lorde, Iesus Christe is to the glorie of God the father.
• Col 2:10 : 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principalitie and power,
• 1 Cor 15:27-28 : 27 For he hath put downe all thynges vnder his feete: But when he saith, all thynges are vnder hym, it is manifest that he is excepted which dyd put all thynges vnder hym. 28 When all thynges are subdued vnto hym, then shall the sonne also hym selfe be subiect vnto him that put all thinges vnder hym, that God may be all in all.
• Eph 1:20-23 : 20 Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead, and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly places 21 Farre aboue all rule, and power, and myght, and dominion, and euery name that is named, not in this worlde only, but also in the worlde to come. 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete, and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche, 23 Which is his body, the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all.
• John 14:28 : 28 Ye haue hearde howe I sayde vnto you, I go away, and come agayne vnto you. Yf ye loued me, ye woulde veryly reioyce, because I sayde, I go vnto the father: for the father is greater then I.
• John 17:2-5 : 2 As thou hast geuen hym power ouer all fleshe, that he shoulde geue eternall life, to as many as thou hast geuen him. 3 This is lyfe eternall, that they myght knowe thee, the only true God, & Iesus Christe whom thou hast sent. 4 I haue glorified thee on the earth: I haue finished ye worke, which thou gauest me to do. 5 And nowe glorifie thou me, O father, with thine owne selfe, with the glory which I had with thee yer the worlde was.
• Isa 49:3-6 : 3 And sayde vnto me: Thou art my seruaunt Israel, I wyll be honoured in thee. 4 Then I aunswered: I haue lost my labour, I haue spent my strength in vayne: Neuerthelesse, I wyll commit my cause and my worke vnto the Lorde my God. 5 And nowe saith the Lorde, euen he that fashioned me from my mothers wombe to be his seruaunt, that I may bryng Iacob agayne vnto hym, albeit Israel wyll not be gathered vnto hym agayne, yet in Gods sight shall I be glorious, my God shalbe my strength. 6 And he sayde: It is but a small thyng that thou art my seruaunt to set vp the kinredes of Iacob, and to restore the destruction of Israel: For I haue made thee the lyght of the gentiles, that thou mayest be my health vnto the ende of the worlde.
• Isa 52:13 : 13 Beholde my seruaunt shal deale prosperously, therfore shal he be magnified, exalted, and greatly honoured.
• Isa 55:4 : 4 Beholde, I gaue hym for a witnesse among the folke, for a prince & a teacher vnto the people.
• Isa 61:1-4 : 1 The spirite of the Lord is vpon me: for the Lord hath annoynted me, and sent me to preache good tidinges vnto the poore, that I might binde vp the wounded heartes, that I might preache deliueraunce to the captiue, and open the prison to the that are bounde: 2 That I might declare the acceptable yere of the Lorde, and the day of the vengeaunce of our God: that I might comfort all them that are in heauinesse: 3 That I might geue vnto them that mourne in Sion, that I might geue I say beautie in steede of asshes, ioyfull oyntment for sighing, pleasaunt rayment for an heauie minde, that they might be called trees of righteousnesse, a planting of the Lorde for hym to reioyce in. 4 They shall buylde the long rough wildernesse, and set vp the olde desert: they shall repayre the waste places, and suche as haue ben voyde throughout many generations.
• Matt 28:18 : 18 And Iesus came, and spake vnto the, saying: All power is geuen vnto me in heauen and in earth.
• John 3:34-36 : 34 For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the wordes of God: For God geueth not the spirite by measure vnto hym. 35 The father loueth the sonne, and hath geuen all thynges into his hande. 36 He that beleueth on the sonne, hath euerlastyng lyfe: He that beleueth not the sonne, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abydeth on hym.
• John 5:20-30 : 20 For the father loueth the sonne, and sheweth hym all thynges that he hym selfe doeth: And he wyll shewe hym greater workes then these, because ye shoulde marueyle. 21 For lykewyse as the father rayseth vp the dead, and quickeneth them: euen so, the sonne quickeneth whom he wyll. 22 Neither iudgeth the father any man: but hath committed all iudgement vnto the sonne, 23 Because that all men shoulde honour the sonne, euen as they honour the father. He that honoureth not the sonne, the same honoureth not ye father which hath sent hym. 24 Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, he that heareth my worde, and beleueth on him that sent me, hath euerlastyng lyfe, and shall not come into dampnation, but is escaped from death vnto lyfe. 25 Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, the houre shall come, and nowe is, when the dead shall heare the voyce of the sonne of God: And they that heare, shall lyue. 26 For as the father hath lyfe in hym selfe: so lykewyse hath he geuen to the sonne, to haue lyfe in hym selfe: 27 And hath geuen hym power also to iudge, because he is the sonne of man. 28 Marueyle not at this: For the houre shall come, in the whiche all that are in the graues shall heare his voyce. 29 And shall come foorth, they that haue done good, vnto the resurrection of lyfe, and they that haue done euyll, vnto the resurrection of dampnation. 30 I can of mine owne selfe do nothing: As I heare I iudge, and my iudgemet is iuste, because I seke not myne owne wyll, but the wyll of the father whiche hath sent me.