For although the first woman came from man, every other man was born from a woman, and everything comes from God.
Parallel translations
- WEB For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.
- KJV For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
- BSB For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
- NKJV For as woman came from man, even so man also comes through woman; but all things are from God.
- NASB For as the woman originated from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God.
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As woman came from man, so every man is born through a woman, and all things are from God. Mutual dependence and God's sovereignty frame the relationship.
Overview
Paul completes the balance: though the first woman came from man, every man since comes through a woman, so neither can boast over the other. Ultimately all things, and both sexes, derive from God. This grounds the relationship of men and women in God's creative purpose and humbles any claim to independence or superiority.
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Cross-references · 4
- Rom 11:36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
- 1 Cor 8:6yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
- Prov 16:4Yahweh has made everything for its own end — yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- Heb 1:2–3has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
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