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1 Corinthians 11:9

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Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 11:7

    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.

  2. 1 Corinthians 11:8

    For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.

  3. 1 Corinthians 11:10

    For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

  4. 1 Corinthians 11:11

    Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

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