1 Corinthians 11:9

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Neither was man created for woman, but woman for 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 fit for him.”

Genesis 2:20

The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him.

Genesis 2:22

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

1 Corinthians 11:10

That is why a woman ought to have a veil on her head, because of the angels.