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Mark, below I put a few of your words in caps to draw attention to them:

Verses 7-10 For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Note the creational order…Verse 7 is the reason Paul gives for why a man (aner) should not cover his head- he is the image and glory of GOD. Again I think Genesis helps us understand Paul’s teaching here. Adam was made from the dust…and he bore the image of GOD (1:27). But note Paul’s addition of ‘glory’. ..The wife’s physical head here in Corinth needs to reflect her submission…Likewise the husband’s uncovered head ought to point to CHRIST whose IMAGE and glory he is.

If “God” is a reference to “the Father” in v3 then how can it be that “God” is a reference to “Christ” in v7? How can you justify Paul being inconsistent? How do you come up with the man is the image and glory of Christ and not God (Godhead) in the last sentence of your quote above?

Verse 11-12- Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman; for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.

Paul is careful not to leave his instruction on that note. Here in verse 11 we see the qualifier…Again the interdependence of husband and wife is closely knitted to the ‘one flesh’ union at creation. She is his glory and bears his authority, yet they are inseparabley one, and the man must never abuse his wife. Christ never does such things but instead lays down his life for his sheep. These verses imply the deep spiritual, emotional and sexual union shared by husband and wife- everything is from God. Also note that although the woman is under the authority of her husband, both are under the authority of God. Therefore however a husband sees his authority should be reflective of what he knows about God’s authority- that is he killed his own Son for his people. A husband’s authority should never be intimidation or abuse or lording.

What does any of v12 have to do with authority, period? In other words what is said about authority? There is nothing that I can see, so how have you manged to take v12 and get from it a husband’s authority and “the Father’s authority”?