NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 10

1 Corinthians 11:10

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For this cause the woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.

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1 Corinthians 11:7–13

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For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

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For man is not from woman, but woman from man;

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for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.

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For this cause the woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.

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Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.

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For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.

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Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?

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