1 Corinthians 11:3

New Century Version

But I want you to understand this: The head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

Then God said to the woman, “I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant, and when you give birth to children, you will have great pain. You will greatly desire your husband, but he will rule over you.”

Isaiah 52:13

The Lord says, “See, my servant will act wisely. People will greatly honor and respect him.

Isaiah 55:4

I made David a witness of my power for all nations, a ruler and commander of many nations.

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All power in heaven and on earth is given to me.

John 14:28

You heard me say to you, ‘I am going, but I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you should be happy that I am going back to the Father, because he is greater than I am.

1 Corinthians 3:23

And you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Ephesians 4:15

No! Speaking the truth with love, we will grow up in every way into Christ, who is the head.

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, which is the church. Everything comes from him. He is the first one who was raised from the dead. So in all things Jesus has first place.

Colossians 2:10

and you have a full and true life in Christ, who is ruler over all rulers and powers.

Colossians 2:19

They do not hold tightly to Christ, the head. It is from him that all the parts of the body are cared for and held together. So it grows in the way God wants it to grow.

Colossians 3:18

Wives, yield to the authority of your husbands, because this is the right thing to do in the Lord.

1 Peter 3:1

In the same way, you wives should yield to your husbands. Then, if some husbands do not obey God’s teaching, they will be persuaded to believe without anyone’s saying a word to them. They will be persuaded by the way their wives live.