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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 sie 2024 · In yielding to God’s order, a woman makes herself the glory of the man. The biblical principle Paul provides for the woman being the glory of man is that God created Adam first and then made Eve from Adam’s flesh and bones (1 Corinthians 11:8; see also 1 Timothy 2:13).
Paul teaches, undeniably, that men and women bear the image and glory of God. Moreover, men and women can bring glory to God (e.g., 1 Cor. 10:31; 2 Cor. 4:15; Eph 1:10-11). He made us for his glory!
27 paź 2022 · He insists that God created both men and women to bear God’s image but states that “in his headship man images God in a way that woman does not. Woman is the ‘glory’ of man in responding to his headship even as man is the ‘glory of God’ in responding to His headship.”.
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.”
Man was formed by God from dust in His own image, to become—at that moment—the glory of God's creation. Woman, generally speaking, is the glory of man. Paul will explain in the following verse that this is because Eve was taken out of man, fashioned from Adam's rib, when she was created.
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.
