1 Corinthians 11:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 2:18 : 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.
  • Gen 2:20 : 20 And Adam gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.
  • Gen 2:23-24 : 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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  • 1 Cor 11:3-8
    6 verses
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    3 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.

    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.

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    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?

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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.

    14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

  • Gen 2:20-25
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    20 And Adam gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.

    21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in its place.

    22 And with the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, He made a woman and brought her to the man.

    23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

    24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

    25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

  • Mark 10:6-9
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    6 But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.

    7 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

    8 And the two shall become one flesh: so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.

    9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

  • 27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

  • 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.

  • Matt 19:4-6
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    4 And he answered and said to them, Have you not read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female,

    5 And said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?

    6 Therefore they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-4
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    1 Now concerning the things you wrote to me about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2 Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

    3 Let the husband give to the wife her due affection, and likewise also the wife to the husband.

    4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

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    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.

  • Eph 5:22-24
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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.

  • 26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions: for even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.

  • 2 Male and female He created them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

  • 22 How long will you wander about, O backsliding daughter? for the LORD has created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall encompass a man.

  • 31 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

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    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?

  • 27 And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

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

  • 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.

  • 47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven.