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14 kwi 2005 · 2. Are men and women equally in the image of God? Some have answered in the negative because of Paul’s statement in 1 Corinthians 11:7, “A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.”
CLAIM: Paul writes that men are the “image and glory of God,” but women are the “glory of man.” What does he mean by this? RESPONSE: Several observations can be made: First, Paul does not write that women are in the “image” of men. Biblically, both men and women are made in the “image of God” (Gen. 1:27; c.f. Jas. 3:9).
27 paź 2022 · So, God desires that both Christian men and women look more like the image of Jesus as they mature in their faith. But there’s more. “Imaged” Functionally. Zimmerman continues, “Functionally, it [bearing the image of God] means to represent Him and to rule on His behalf.”
8 sie 2023 · Both men and women were created in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27). Thus both women and men were made in the likeness of Christ. Just as Jesus was born in a physical, gendered body, so too are women born in physical and gendered bodies.
It means that in Christ men and women recover what was meant by being created male and female in God’s image. It means that together as male and female they are to image-forth the glory of God and together as fellow-heirs they are to inherit the glory of God.
6 lis 2017 · The universe (a Hebrew merism for ‘heavens and earth’) and the male and the female (‘man’) in unity are temples of God where His glory is to be revealed. The New Testament confirms this explicitly (1 Cor 3:16).
For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. Contemporary English Version. Men were created to be like God and to bring honor to God. This means a man should not wear anything on his head.
