“For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.”

1 Corinthians 11:7 (KJV) |

1 Corinthians 11:7

From 1 Corinthians 11, in the Book of 1 Corinthians (New Testament).

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But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

6

For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

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For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

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For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.

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Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

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