For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
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Gill's Exposition
Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman,.... This is said, partly to repress the pride and insolence of man, that he might not be too much elated with himself, and his superiority over the…
Barnes' Notes
For this cause ... - There is scarcely any passage in the Scriptures which has more exercised the ingenuity of commentators than this verse. The various attempts which have been made to explain it may…
Adam Clarke
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels - There are few portions in the sacred writings that have given rise to such a variety of conjectures and explanations,…
Paul, having answered the cases put to him, proceeds in this chapter to the redress of grievances. The first verse of the chapter is put, by those who divided the epistle into chapters, as a preface…
Cambridge Bible
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head That is, as in the margin of our version, - a covering in sign that she is under the power of her husband." An hilyng(hülle, veil), Wiclif.…