1 Corinthians 11:10
Good News Translation
On account of the angels, then, a woman should have a covering over her head to show that she is under her husband's authority.

New Revised Standard Version
For this reason a woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Contemporary English Version
And so, because of this, and also because of the angels, a woman ought to wear something on her head, as a sign of her authority.

New American Bible
for this reason a woman should have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because of the angels.

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Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because of the angels.

power.

Genesis 20:16 And to Sara he said: Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go: and remember thou wast taken.

Genesis 24:64,65 Rebecca also, when she saw Isaac, lighted off the camel, . . .

because.

Ecclesiastes 5:6 Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin: and say not before the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at thy words, and destroy all the works of thy hands.

Matthew 18:10 See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent to minister for them who shall receive the inheritance of salvation?

Context
Roles in Worship
9For the man was not created for the woman: but the woman for the man. 10Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because of the angels. 11But yet neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 11:9
For the man was not created for the woman: but the woman for the man.

1 Corinthians 11:11
But yet neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:9
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