1 Corinthians 11:7
for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,
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- 1 Cor 11:3 : 3 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.
- Jas 3:9 : 9 with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;
- Gen 5:1 : 1 This `is' an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;
- Gen 9:6 : 6 whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
- Ps 8:6 : 6 Thou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet.
- Gen 1:26-27 : 26 And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' 27 And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.
- Gen 3:16 : 16 Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband `is' thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'
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3 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.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,
5 and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,
6 for if a woman is not covered -- then let her be shorn, and if `it is' a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven -- let her be covered;
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8 for a man is not of a woman, but a woman `is' of a man,
9 for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;
10 because of this the woman ought to have `a token of' authority upon the head, because of the messengers;
11 but neither `is' a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,
12 for as the woman `is' of the man, so also the man `is' through the woman, and the all things `are' of God.
13 In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?
14 doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?
15 and a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering hath been given to her;
16 and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.
- Eph 5:22-243 verses72%
22 The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,
23 because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ `is' head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,
24 but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also `are' the wives to their own husbands in everything.
- 1 Tim 2:11-144 verses72%
11 Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,
12 and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,
13 for Adam was first formed, then Eve,
14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, into transgression came,
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9 in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,
- 1 Cor 7:1-44 verses71%
1 And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good `it is' for a man not to touch a woman,
2 and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
3 to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
4 the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.
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34 Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;
35 and if they wish to learn anything, at home their own husbands let them question, for it is a shame to women to speak in an assembly.
36 From you did the word of God come forth? or to you alone did it come?
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3 whose adorning -- let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,
4 but -- the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,
5 for thus once also the holy women who did hope on God, were adorning themselves, being subject to their own husbands,
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27 And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.
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16 for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?
- 1 Cor 7:34-352 verses67%
34 The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.
35 And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,
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7 The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with `them', according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel -- to the wife -- imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
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11 but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.
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7 for I wish all men to be even as I myself `am'; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.
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17 and he who is boasting -- in the Lord let him boast;
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23 and the man saith, `This `is' the `proper' step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;
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5 `The habiliments of a man are not on a woman, nor doth a man put on the garment of a woman, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God `is' any one doing these.
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7 on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,
- Eph 5:27-282 verses66%
27 that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;
28 so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love;
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31 that, according as it hath been written, `He who is glorying -- in the Lord let him glory.'
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9 She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.
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10 for also even that which hath been glorious, hath not been glorious -- in this respect, because of the superior glory;
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21 So then, let no one glory in men, for all things are yours,
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47 The first man `is' out of the earth, earthy; the second man `is' the Lord out of heaven;
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4 A virtuous woman `is' a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones `is' one causing shame.