What does 1 Corinthians 11:10 mean?

1 Corinthians 11:10 highlights themes such as authority, headship, angels when read in context.

How should I apply 1 Corinthians 11:10 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

8For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.

9Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

10For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

11Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

12For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

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1 Timothy 2:11-12
Both verses discuss the role of women in the church and authority.