1 Corinthians 11:3 Parallel Translations

However, I want you to realize that Christ has authority over every man, a husband has authority over his wife, and God has authority over Christ.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

DBY:

But I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, but woman's head is the man, and the Christ's head God.

ERV:

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.

WEY:

I would have you know, however, that of every man, Christ is the Head, that of a woman her husband is the Head, and that God is Christ's Head.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

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.

1 Corinthians 11:3 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 3:16 To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you."

1 Corinthians 3:23 and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.

Ephesians 1:22 And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church,

Ephesians 4:15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,

Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.

Colossians 1:18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

Colossians 2:19 and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

11:3 {2} 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 {a} head of Christ [is] God.
(2) He sets down God, in Christ our mediator, as the end and mark not only of doctrine, but also of ecclesiastical comeliness. Then applying it to the question proposed, touching the comely apparel both of men and women in public assemblies, he declares that the woman is one degree beneath the man by the ordinance of God, and that the man is so subject to Christ, that the glory of God ought to appear in him for the preeminence of the sex.
(a) In that Christ is our mediator.

PNT:

11:3 But I would have you know, etc. The order of rank is that Christ is the center, with the Father above and man below him; and in the family the man is first and the woman second. That is nature's order.

WES:

11:3 I would have you know - He does not seem to have given them any order before concerning this. The head of every man - Particularly every believer. Is Christ, and the head of Christ is God - Christ, as he is Mediator, acts in all things subordinately to his Father. But we can no more infer that they are not of the same divine nature, because God is said to be the head of Christ, than that man and woman are not of the same human nature, because the man is said to be the head of the woman.

MHC:

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 subject to man, because made for his help and comfort. And she should do nothing, in Christian assemblies, which looked like a claim of being equal. She ought to have power, that is, a veil, on her head, because of the angels. Their presence should keep Christians from all that is wrong while in the worship of God. Nevertheless, the man and the woman were made for one another. They were to be mutual comforts and blessings, not one a slave, and the other a tyrant. God has so settled matters, both in the kingdom of providence and that of grace, that the authority and subjection of each party should be for mutual help and benefit. It was the common usage of the churches, for women to appear in public assemblies, and join in public worship, veiled; and it was right that they should do so. The Christian religion sanctions national customs wherever these are not against the great principles of truth and holiness; affected singularities receive no countenance from any thing in the Bible.

CONC:

Christ Christ's Fact However Husband Important Mind Understand Wish Woman's

Christ Christ's Fact Head However Husband Important Mind Realize Understand Want Wish Woman's

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