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Roles in Worship

1 Corinthians 11:9

In 9 translations

BSB
Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
KJV
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
WEB
for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.
ASV
for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:
LSV
for also was a man not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;
YLT
for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;
DBY
For also man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.
DRC
For the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man.
GNV
For the man was not created for the womans sake: but the woman for the mans sake.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἐκτίσθη ἀνὴρ διὰ τὴν γυναῖκα, ἀλλὰ γυνὴ διὰ τὸν ἄνδρα.
RP2018
καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἐκτίσθη ἀνὴρ διὰ τὴν γυναῖκα, ἀλλὰ γυνὴ διὰ τὸν ἄνδρα·
TR-Boyd
καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἐκτίσθη ἀνὴρ διὰ τὴν γυναῖκα, ἀλλὰ γυνὴ διὰ τὸν ἄνδρα·
SCR1894
και γαρ ουκ εκτισθη ανηρ δια την γυναικα αλλα γυνη δια τον ανδρα

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 2:18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
  • Genesis 2:23–24And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.” For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and…
  • Genesis 2:20The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

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