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11 Copy me, just as I’m copying the Messiah.

Male and female in the worshiping church

I congratulate you that you are remembering me in everything, and you are keeping the traditions as I handed them on to you. But I want you to know this: that the Messiah is the “head” of every man, and the husband is the “head” of every wife, and God is the “head” of the Messiah.

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11 Follow my example,(A) as I follow the example of Christ.(B)

On Covering the Head in Worship

I praise you(C) for remembering me in everything(D) and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you.(E) But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ,(F) and the head of the woman is man,[a](G) and the head of Christ is God.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Or of the wife is her husband