But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Ver. 3. The head of the woman is man] Were it not an ill sight to see the shoulders above the head, the woman usurp authority over the man αυθεντειν, 1 Timothy 2:12. A prudent wife commands her husband by obeying, as did Livia.