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1 Corinthians 11:7–9

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the nimage and oglory of God: but pthe woman is the oglory of the man. For the man is not of the woman; but qthe woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but rthe woman for the man.

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1 Corinthians 11:7–9 — The New International Version (NIV)

A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

1 Corinthians 11:7–9 — English Standard Version (ESV)

For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

1 Corinthians 11:7–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

A man should not wear anything on his head when worshiping, for man is made in God’s image and reflects God’s glory. And woman reflects man’s glory. For the first man didn’t come from woman, but the first woman came from man. And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man.

1 Corinthians 11:7–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. For man is not from woman, but woman from man. Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.

1 Corinthians 11:7–9 — New Century Version (NCV)

But a man should not cover his head, because he is the likeness and glory of God. But woman is man’s glory. Man did not come from woman, but woman came from man. And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man.

1 Corinthians 11:7–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man: for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:

1 Corinthians 11:7–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God’s image and glory; but woman is man’s glory. For man is not of woman, but woman of man. For also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.

1 Corinthians 11:7–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

A man should not cover his head. He is God’s image and glory. The woman, however, is man’s glory. Clearly, man wasn’t made from woman but woman from man. Man wasn’t created for woman but woman for man.

1 Corinthians 11:7–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

A man, in fact, should not cover his head, because he is God’s image and glory, but woman is man’s glory. For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man. And man was not created for woman, but woman for man.

1 Corinthians 11:7–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

For a man ought not to have his head veiled, since he is the image and reflection of God; but woman is the reflection of man. Indeed, man was not made from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.

1 Corinthians 11:7–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

For indeed a man ought not to cover his head, 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 indeed man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.

1 Corinthians 11:7–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

A man should not cover his head. He is the likeness and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man. The man did not come from the woman. The woman came from the man.

Also, the man was not created for the woman. The woman was created for the man.

1 Corinthians 11:7–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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

For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man;

for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but woman for the man’s sake.


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