1 Corinthians 11:8
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
1 Corinthians 11:8 in other translations
| BSB | For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. |
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| WEB | For man is not from woman, but woman from man; |
| ASV | For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man: |
| YLT | for a man is not of a woman, but a woman is of a man, |
| DARBY | For man is not of woman, but woman of man. |
| BBE | For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man. |
| Webster | For the man is not from the woman, but the woman from the man. |
What does 1 Corinthians 11:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 11:7-9
7-9. Argument, also, from man's more immediate relation to God, and the woman's to man. he is ... image ... glory of God--being created in God's "image," first and directly: the woman, subsequently, and indirectly, through the mediation of man. Man is the representative of God's "glory" this ideal of man being realized most fully in the Son of man (Psa 8:4, 5; compare 2Co 8:23). Man is declared in Scripture to be…
Barnes' Notes
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Corinthians 11:2-16
Here begin particulars respecting the public assemblies, ch. 1Co 14. In the abundance of spiritual gifts bestowed on the Corinthians, some abuses had crept in; but as Christ did the will, and sought the honour of God, so the Christian should avow his subjection to Christ, doing his will and seeking his glory. We should, even in our dress and habit, avoid every thing that may dishonour Christ. The woman was made…
1 Corinthians 11:8 in the original Greek
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Cross references for 1 Corinthians 11:8
- 1 Timothy 2:13
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
- Genesis 2:21-23
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
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Context
- 1 Corinthians 11:7
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
- 1 Corinthians 11:8
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
- 1 Corinthians 11:9
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
1 Corinthians 11:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque el varón no es de la mujer, sino la mujer del varón. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car l’homme ne procède pas de la femme, mais la femme de l’homme; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn der Mann ist nicht vom Weibe, sondern das Weib vom Manne; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non enim vir ex muliere est, sed mulier ex viro. |