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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.

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But there is one thing I want you to know: The head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.[a]

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  1. 11:3 Or to know: The source of every man is Christ, the source of woman is man, and the source of Christ is God. Or to know: Every man is responsible to Christ, a woman is responsible to her husband, and Christ is responsible to God.

You gave them charge of everything you made,
    putting all things under their authority—

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If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings[a] in his own image.

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  1. 9:6 Or man; Hebrew reads ha-adam.

The Descendants of Adam

This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings,[a] he made them to be like himself.

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  1. 5:1 Or man; Hebrew reads adam; similarly in 5:2.

16 Then he said to the woman,

“I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy,
    and in pain you will give birth.
And you will desire to control your husband,
    but he will rule over you.[a]

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  1. 3:16 Or And though you will have desire for your husband, / he will rule over you.

26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings[a] in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth,[b] and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”

27 So God created human beings[c] in his own image.
    In the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.

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  1. 1:26a Or man; Hebrew reads adam.
  2. 1:26b As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads all the earth.
  3. 1:27 Or the man; Hebrew reads ha-adam.

Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God.

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