A moment in scripture
1 Corinthians 11:7
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For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Corinthians 11:5
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
- 1 Corinthians 11:6
For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
- 1 Corinthians 11:8
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
- 1 Corinthians 11:9
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.