1 Corinthians 11:7 “A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of…”

1 Corinthians 11:7

A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

American Standard Version

For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

Geneva Bible 1599

For a man ought not to couer his head: for as much as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

Darby Translation

For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but woman is man's glory.

Young's Literal Translation

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,

Bible in Basic English

For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

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Cross references

“he is”

Genesis 9:6 Genesis 5:1 Psalm 8:6 James 3:9 Genesis 1:26 Genesis 1:27

Genesis 9:6 · BSB

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

Genesis 5:1 · BSB

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

Psalm 8:6 · BSB

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

James 3:9 · BSB

With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.

Genesis 1:26 · BSB

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

Genesis 1:27 · BSB

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

“but”

1 Corinthians 11:3 Genesis 3:16

1 Corinthians 11:3 · BSB

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

Genesis 3:16 · BSB

To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

8For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.

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