1 Corinthians 11:10

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. POWER ON HER HEAD - the kerchief: French, 'couvre-chef,' head-covering, emblem of "power on her head:" the sign of her being under man, exercising delegated authority. Paul had before his mind the root-connection between the Hebrew terms for 'veil' (Radid) and subjection (Radad). BECAUSE OF THE ANGELS - who, like the cherubim in the temple, are present at Christian assemblies (cf. , note), and delight in the orderly subordination of the several worshippers in their respective places-the outward demeanour and dress indicating that inward humility which is most pleasing to their common Lord ...

10._For this cause ought the woman to have power _(628) From that authority he draws an argument (629) in favor of outward decorum. “She is subject,” says he, “let her then wear a token of subjection.” In the term _power_, there is an instance of metonymy, (630) for he means a token by which she declares herself to be under the power of her husband; and it is a covering, whether it be a robe, or a veil, (631) or any other kind of covering. (632) It is asked, whether he speaks of _married _women exclusively, for there are some that restrict to _them _what Paul here teaches, on the ground that it does not belong to virgins to be under the authority of a husband. It is however a mistake, for Paul looks beyond this — to God’s eternal law, which has made t

2-16 Here begin particulars respecting the public assemblies, ch. 1 Corinthians 11:1. In the abundance of spiritual gifts bestowed on the Corinthians, some abuses had crept in; but as Christ did the will, and sought the honour of God, so the Christian should avow his subjection to Christ, doing his will and seeking his glory. We should, even in our dress and habit, avoid every thing that may dishonour Christ. The woman was made subject to man, because made for his help and comfort. And she should do nothing, in Christian assemblies, which looked like a claim of being equal. She ought to have "power," that is, a veil, on her head, because of the angels. Their presence should keep Christians from all that is wrong while in the worship of God. Nevertheless, the man and the woman were made for one another. They were to be mutual comforts and blessings, not one a slave, and the other a tyran...

Verse 1 Corinthians 11:10. _FOR THIS CAUSE OUGHT THE WOMAN TO HAVE POWER ON_ HER _HEAD BECAUSE OF THE ANGELS._] There are few portions in the sacred writings that have given rise to such a variety of conjectures and explanations, and are less understood, than this verse, and 1 Corinthians 15:29. Our translators were puzzled with it; and have inserted here one of the largest marginal readings found any where in their work; but this is only on the words _power on her_ _head_, which they interpret thus: that is, _a covering, in sign that_ _she is under the power of her husband_. But, admitting this marginal reading to be a satisfactory solution so far as it goes, it by no means removes all the difficulty. Mr. Locke ingenuously acknowled...

FOR THIS CAUSE ... - There is scarcely any passage in the Scriptures which has more exercised the ingenuity of commentators than this verse. The various attempts which have been made to explain it may be seen in Pool, Rosenmuller, Bloomfield, etc. After all the explanations which have been given of it, I confess, I do not understand it. It is not difficult to see what the connection requires us to suppose in the explanation. The obvious interpretation would be, that a woman should have a veil on her head because of the angels who were supposed to be present, observing them in their public worship; and it is generally agreed that the word “power” (ἐξουσίαν exousian) denotes a veil, or a covering for the head. But the word power does not occur in this sense in any classic writer. Bretschneider understands it of a veil, as being a defense or guard to the face, lest it should be seen by ot...

EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 11:1 FOLLOWERS OF ME; rather, _imitators of me; _follow herein my example, as I follow Christ's. What Christ's example was, in that he too "pleased not himself," he sets forth in Romans 15:1; and the general principle of self abnegation for the sake of others in Philippians 2:4. This verse ought to be included in ch. 10. It sums up the whole argument, and explains the long digression of ch. 9. AS I ALSO AM OF CHRIST. This limits the reference to his own example. I only ask you to imitate me in points in which I imitate Christ....

FOR THIS CAUSE OUGHT THE WOMAN TO HAVE POWER ON HER HEAD,.... The generality of interpreters, by power, understand the veil, or covering on the woman's head, as a sign of the man's power over her, and her subjection to him; which Dr. Hammond endeavours to confirm, by observing that the Hebrew word רדיד, which signifies a woman's veil, or hood, comes from a root which signifies power and dominion; but in that he is mistaken, for the word is derived not from רדה, to rule, govern, or exercise power and authority, but from רדד, to expand, stretch out, or draw over, as a woman's veil is drawn over her head and face. The Greek word εξουσια more properly signifies the power she had of putting on and off her covering as she pleased, according as times, places, and persons; made it necessary: BECAUSE OF THE ANGELS; various are the senses given of these words, some taking them in a proper, other...

POWER Authority, that is, the sign of the husband's authority. ANGELS That is, of the presence of the angels....

1 CORINTHIANS 11:10 evxousi,an {A} The presumed meaning of the difficult evxousi,an in this passage is given by the explanatory gloss ka,lumma “a veil,” read by several versional and patristic witnesses (copbomss arm? ethro Valentiniansacc. to Irenaeus Ptolemyacc. to Irenaeus Irenaeusgr, lat Tertullian Jerome Augustine)....

II. THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST: CHAPTER S 11-14 1. Headship, and the Position of Woman. The Lord's Supper. CHAPTER 11. _ 1. The Headship of Christ and of the Man; Position of Woman. (1 Corinthians 11:1 .)_ 2. The Lord's Supper. (1 Corinthians 11:17 .) The opening verse belongs to the preceding chapter. And now after the church in relation to the world had been treated by the Apostle in the first part of the epistle, he takes up next the affairs of the church itself. Here, too, much had to be corrected into which the Corinthian assembly had drifted. After the brief and excellent word of praise by which he expressed his confidence in them ((1 Corint