King James Version (KJV)
1 Corinthians 11:9
“Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.”
Verse in context — 1 Corinthians 11
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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.
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For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
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Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
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For this cause ought the woman to have power on [her] head because of the angels.
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Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
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