📖WEB · 1 Corinthians 11:7
What does 1 Corinthians 11:7 mean?
"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."
— 1 Corinthians 11:7 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
For if a woman is not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or be shaved, let her be covered.
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.
For man is not from woman, but woman from man;
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.
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