1 Corinthians 11
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1 Corinthians 11:3-5

3But I wantG2309 you to understandG3609 that ChristG5547 is the 1headG2776 of everyG3956 manG435, and 23the manG435 is the headG2776 of a womanG1135, and GodG2316 is the 4headG2776 of ChristG5547.

4EveryG3956 manG435 who hasG2192 something on his headG2776 while prayingG4336 orG2228 5prophesyingG4395 disgracesG2617 his headG2776.

5But everyG3956 6womanG1135 who has her headG2776 uncoveredG177 while prayingG4336 orG2228 prophesyingG4395 disgracesG2617 her headG2776, for it is oneG1520 and the sameG846 as the womanG1135 7whose head is 8shavedG3587.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Eph 1:22; 4:15; 5:23; Col 1:18; 2:19 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Or the head of a woman is her husband ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Gen 3:16; Eph 5:23 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Cor 3:23 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 11:4 Acts 13:1; 1 Thess 5:20 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 11:5 Luke 2:36; Acts 21:9; 1 Cor 14:34 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 11:5 Lit who is shaved ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 11:5 Deut 21:12 ↩

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