A moment in scripture
1 Corinthians 11:12
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For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Corinthians 11:10
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
- 1 Corinthians 11:11
Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 11:13
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
- 1 Corinthians 11:14
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.