1 Corinthians 11:9

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Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.

Cross References

Genesis 2:18

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.”

Genesis 2:20

The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner.

Genesis 2:22

And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.

1 Corinthians 11:10

For this reason a woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.