1 Corinthians 11:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 11:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 11:4 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 11:4 — KJV
“Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.”
— 1 Corinthians 11:4 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 11:4 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 11:4
“And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. and wept...: Heb. going up and weeping”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 11:4: every, head, covered
“And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 11:4: having, head, covered
“For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 11:4: every, covered
“This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. for every...: Heb. by the poll, or, head persons: Heb. souls”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 11:4: every, head
“And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. discovered: Heb. made naked”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 11:4: having, covered
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