1 Corinthians 11:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But{G1161} I would have{G2309} you{G5209} know,{G1492} that{G3754} the head{G2776} of every{G3956} man{G435} is{G2076} Christ;{G5547} and{G1161} the head{G2776} of the woman{G1135} is the man;{G435} and{G1161} the head{G2776} of Christ{G5547} is God.{G2316}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But{G1161} I would have{G2309}{(G5719)} you{G5209} know{G1492}{(G5760)}, that{G3754} the head{G2776} of every{G3956} man{G435} is{G2076}{(G5748)} Christ{G5547}; and{G1161} the head{G2776} of the woman{G1135} is the man{G435}; and{G1161} the head{G2776} of Christ{G5547} is God{G2316}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    I wolde ye knew that Christ is the heed of every man. And the man is the womans heed. And God is Christes heed.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But I certifye you, that Christ is the heade of euery man. As for ye man, he is the heade of ye woman, but God is Christes heade.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But I wil that ye know, that Christ is the head of euery man: and the man is the womans head: and God is Christs head.

  • 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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:16 : 16 To the woman He said, I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth; in pain you shall bring forth children; your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.
  • 1 Cor 3:23 : 23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
  • Col 1:18 : 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
  • Eph 4:15 : 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ:
  • Col 2:19 : 19 And not holding to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.
  • Col 3:18 : 18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
  • 1 Tim 2:11-12 : 11 Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. 12 But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to be silent.
  • 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that if any do not obey the word, they may also be won without a word by the conduct of their wives;
  • 1 Pet 3:5-6 : 5 For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands: 6 Just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any fear.
  • Eph 5:22-24 : 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. 24 Therefore just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
  • Phil 2:7-9 : 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon himself the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and those on earth, and those under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  • Col 2:10 : 10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and power:
  • 1 Cor 15:27-28 : 27 For He has put all things under His feet. But when He says 'all things are put under Him,' it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. 28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
  • Eph 1:20-23 : 20 Which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world but also in that which is to come: 22 And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 Which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
  • John 14:28 : 28 You have heard me say to you, I am going away and coming back to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
  • John 17:2-5 : 2 As you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.
  • Isa 49:3-6 : 3 And said to me, You are my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. 4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. 5 And now, says the LORD who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel is not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. 6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you as a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
  • Isa 52:13 : 13 Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and praised, and be very high.
  • Isa 55:4 : 4 Behold, I have given him as a witness to the people, a leader and commander for the people.
  • Isa 61:1-4 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 To appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified. 4 And they shall build the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
  • Matt 28:18 : 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority is given to me in heaven and on earth.
  • John 3:34-36 : 34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives not the Spirit by measure to him. 35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. 36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life, and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.

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    4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

    5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is the same as if she were shaved.

    6 For if a woman is not covered, let her be shorn; but if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.

    7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

    8 For the man is not from the woman, but the woman from the man.

    9 Nor was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

    10 For this reason the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.

    11 Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

    12 For as the woman is from the man, even so the man is also by the woman; but all things are from God.

    13 Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

    14 Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

    15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her as a covering.

    16 But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

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    22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

    23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.

    24 Therefore just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

    25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it;

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    11 Let a woman learn in silence with all submission.

    12 But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to be silent.

    13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

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    18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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    3 Let your beauty not be the outward adornment of braiding hair, wearing gold, or putting on apparel;

    4 But let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

    5 For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands:

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    22 And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,

  • 1 Cor 14:33-37
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    33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

    34 Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.

    35 And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.

    36 What? Did the word of God originate from you? Or was it only to you that it came?

    37 If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.

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    32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

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    23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

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    5 For if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?

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    9 In the same way, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing;

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    15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ:

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    10 To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

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    5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

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    19 And not holding to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.

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    28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.

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    28 So men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

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    15 Do you not know that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid.

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    16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?