1 Corinthians 11:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ For a man ought not to wear anything on his head [in church], for he is the image and [reflected] glory of God [his function of government reflects the majesty of the divine Rule]; but woman is [the expression of] man's glory (majesty, preeminence). [Gen. 1:26.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ A man shouldn’t have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is man’s glory.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Certainly, a man ought not to cover his head, for he is the image and glory of God. But woman is the glory of man.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ The man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

1 Corinthians 11:7 Cross References

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said, “I will make your pangs in childbirth exceedingly great; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

Genesis 5:1

This is the list of the descendants of Adam. When God created humans, he made them in the likeness of God.

Genesis 9:6

Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person’s blood be shed, for in his own image God made humans.

Psalm 8:6

You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet,

Proverbs 12:4

A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.

1 Corinthians 11:6

For if a woman will not veil herself, then she should cut off her hair, but if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, she should wear a veil.

2 Corinthians 8:23

As for Titus, he is my partner and coworker in your service; as for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

James 3:9

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people, made in the likeness of God.