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For a man ought not to wear anything on his head [in church], for he is the image and [reflected] glory of God [[a]his function of government reflects the majesty of the divine Rule]; but woman is [the expression of] man’s glory (majesty, preeminence).(A)

For man was not [created] from woman, but woman from man;(B)

Neither was man created on account of or for the benefit of woman, but woman on account of and for the benefit of man.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:7 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

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