For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.

'so is the man also by the woman' -i.e. all men since Adam were born of women.

'but all things are of God' -"roles" are not based on inherent inferiority or superiority, but rather on God's choice. God made woman from man's rib, not man! To Whom both men and women owe reverence.

A great lesson here exists for those "movements" among both men and women which try to establish that one gender "doesn't need the other."

AN ARGUMENT FROM PROPRIETY: 1 Corinthians 11:13-16

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