Cross references

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 11:3 BSB

1 Corinthians 11:3 has 23 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 3:16 (18 votes) and Colossians 1:18 (14 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 3 to 1 Peter 3.

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Which verses does 1 Corinthians 11:3 point to?

The 20 strongest of 23, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Genesis 3:1618 votes

    To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

  2. And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

  3. and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

  4. Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

  5. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

  6. Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. …

  7. He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

  8. For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands, just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

  9. but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross. …

  10. A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

  11. John 14:282 votes

Which verses point to 1 Corinthians 11:3?

The 10 strongest of 17.