1 Corinthians 11:3

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“But 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.”

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BSBPD

“But 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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But 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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 11:3 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 3:16To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
  2. Isaiah 49:3He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”
  3. Isaiah 52:13Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
  4. Isaiah 55:4Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
  5. Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
  6. Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
  7. John 3:34For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
  8. John 5:20The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.
  9. John 14:28You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
  10. John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
  11. 1 Corinthians 3:23and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
  12. 1 Corinthians 15:27For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.
  13. Ephesians 1:20which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
  14. Ephesians 4:15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
  15. Ephesians 5:22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
  16. Philippians 2:7but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
  17. Colossians 1:18And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
  18. Colossians 2:10And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
  19. Colossians 2:19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
  20. Colossians 3:18Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
  21. 1 Timothy 2:11A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
  22. 1 Peter 3:1Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
  23. 1 Peter 3:5For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,

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