📖WEB · 1 Corinthians 11:12
What does 1 Corinthians 11:12 mean?
"For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God."
— 1 Corinthians 11:12 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.
For this cause the woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.
Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.
Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
Doesn’t even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.
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