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Neither was man created on account of or for the benefit of woman, but woman on account of and for the benefit of man.(A)

10 [a]Therefore she should [be subject to his authority and should] have a covering on her head [as a token, a symbol, of her submission to authority, [b]that she may show reverence as do] the angels [and not displease them].

11 Nevertheless, in [the plan of] the Lord and from His point of view woman is not apart from and independent of man, nor is man aloof from and independent of woman;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:10 G.D. Kypke, cited by Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible with A Commentary.
  2. 1 Corinthians 11:10 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

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