1 Corinthians 11:3

New American Bible - revised edition

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and a husband the head of his wife, and God the head of Christ.

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said: I will intensify your toil in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Yet your urge shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.

Isaiah 52:13

See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.

Isaiah 55:4

As I made him a witness to peoples, a leader and commander of peoples,

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

John 14:28

You heard me tell you, ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I.

1 Corinthians 3:23

and you to Christ, and Christ to God.

Ephesians 4:15

Rather, living the truth in love, we should grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ,

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent.

Colossians 2:10

and you share in this fullness in him, who is the head of every principality and power.

Colossians 2:19

and not holding closely to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and bonds, achieves the growth that comes from God.

Colossians 3:18

Wives, be subordinate to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord.

1 Peter 3:1

Likewise, you wives should be subordinate to your husbands so that, even if some disobey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct