1 CORINTHIANS 11:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.”
Neither was man created for woman, but woman for woman — the Greek is ambiguous here, likely meaning woman was created as a helper for man, not man for woman; this grounds the asymmetry of the headship structure in the original purposiveness of creation.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:9
“For neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man.” This is again a second superiority, nay, rather also a third, and a fourth, the first being, that Christ is the head of us, and we of the woman; a second, that we are the glory of God, but the woman of us; a third, that we are not of the woman, but she of us; a fourth, that we are not for her, but she for us.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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