1 CORINTHIANS 11:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man — Paul distinguishes the man's uncovered status as reflecting directly God's image (eikon), while woman, though also made in God's image, bears this through her relation to man as his glory (doxa), which is not diminishment but the overflow of his own imaging of God.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:7
“For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God.” This is again another cause. “Not only,” so he speaks, “because he has Christ to be His Head ought he not to cover the head, but because also he rules over the woman.” For the ruler when he comes before the king ought to have the symbol of his rule. As therefore no ruler without military girdle and cloak, would venture to appear before him that has the diadem: so neither do…
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