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1 Corinthians 11:3

WEB

3But I would have you know that the head[+] of every man is Christ, and the head[+] of the woman is man, and the head[+] of Christ is God.

KJV

3But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

BSB

3But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

FBV

3I do want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.

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Extra References

Genesis 3:16

16To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”


Colossians 1:18

18He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.


1 Corinthians 3:23

23and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.


Colossians 3:18

18Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.


Ephesians 4:15

15but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,


Colossians 2:19

19and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.


1 Peter 3:5-6

5For this is how in the past the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands. 6So Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are if you do well and are not put in fear by any terror.


Ephesians 5:22-24

22Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body. 24But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.


Philippians 2:7-11

7but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. 8And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross. 9Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name, 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, 11and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.


1 Timothy 2:11-12

11Let a woman learn in quietness with full submission. 12But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.