1 Corinthians 11:1-15
Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ. Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying disgraces his head. But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved. For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head. For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man; for indeed man was not created for the woman’s sake, but woman for the man’s sake. Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. However, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God. Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him, but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

Your Image is God’s
But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. v. 3

Genesis 1:26a
Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…

Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 11:12
For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God.

Your Identity is Distinct
But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. v. 3

God is the head of Christ.

John 10:30
I and the Father are One.

In Scripture, to be “head” of something is to be the leader and to have authority.

Ephesians 5:23-25
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her...

Your Interdependence is Powerful
However, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. v. 11

"Complementarians believe that God created male and female as complementary expressions of the image of God—male and female are counterparts in reflecting his glory."
—Mary Kassian