Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Corinthians 11:7
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch, as he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch, as he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.
Verse 1 Corinthians 11:7. _A MAN INDEED OUGHT NOT TO COVER HIS HEAD_] He should not wear his _cap_ or _turban_ in the public congregation, for this was a badge of servitude, or an indication that he h...
FOR A MAN INDEED OUGHT NOT TO COVER HIS HEAD - That is, with a veil; or in public worship; when he approaches God, or when in His name he addresses his fellow man. It is not fit and proper that he sho...
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 Corinthi...
1 Corinthians 11:2. WOMEN MUST BE VEILED IN THE CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLIES. It is not clear whether this subject was discussed in the church letter. Paul begins, in a way that surprises us after his grave c...
1 Corinthians 11:7. THE DESECRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. Paul feels that in one respect he must restrict his praise. Their meetings damage rather than profit them. He cannot help believing part of wh...
I praise you because you remember me in all things and because you hold fast to the traditions as I handed them down to you. But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and that the m...
THE LIMITS OF CHRISTIAN FREEDOM (1 Corinthians 10:23-33 ; 1 Corinthians 11:1) 11:1 All things are allowed to me, but all things are not good for me. All things are allowed, but all things do not buil...
FORASMUCH AS HE IS. being originally. Greek. _huparcho._ See Luke 9:48. IMAGE. Greek. eikon. See Romans 1:23. Compare Genesis 1:27; Genesis 9:6.
_For a man indeed ought not to cover his head_ The Apostle now gives reasons for what he has just said. His _first_argument is that to appear uncovered in the congregation denotes the having no visibl...
The Conduct and Dress of Women at the Public Services of the Church 2. _Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things_ There is no contradiction between this verse and 1 Corinthians 1...
ἈΝῊΡ ΜΈΝ. The Apostle now gives reasons for what he has just said. His _first_ argument is that to appear uncovered in the congregation denotes the having no visible superior there. But woman _has_ a...
1 Corinthians 11:2-16. THE CONDUCT AND DRESS OF WOMEN AT THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE CHURCH...
_THE MATTER OF THE HEAD COVERING 1 CORINTHIANS 11:1-16:_ One issue that has been in the forefront of discussion from the late 20th century until now has been the role of women in society and in the ch...
ΟΦΕΊΛΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΟΦΕΊΛΩ (G3784) быть вынужденным. "Следовало бы" "надо" с _inf._ Это слово указывает на моральную обязанность, ΚΑΤΑΚΑΛΎΠΤΕΣΘΑΙ _praes. med. inf. от_ ΚΑΤΑΚΑΛΎΠΤΩ (G2619) п...
GLORY OF GOD— The word rendered _glory_ signifies both a _beam_ or _irradiation,_ and a _likeness._ But I apprehend, that here the word must be taken in the latter sense. As a man ought not to have hi...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _When praying or Prophesying_ (1-16) _Text_ 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. 2 Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and h...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Order, a Requirement for Godly Worship (1 Corinthians 11:3-16) 3But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and...
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. Argument from man's more immediate relation to God, and the woman...
32 It has been customary, in the study of "dispensational" truth, to divide the human race into "the Jew, the Gentile, and the church of God", and base the division on this passage. It is well, howeve...
11:7 man's (i-19) _ Aner_ . 'man' in contrast with 'woman.' see John 6:10 . his (k-8) Lit. 'the.' covered, (l-10) Or 'to cover his head;' middle voice. see Note, ch. 10.2....
DISORDERS IN WORSHIP _2-16. (c) The Veiling of Women in Church_ 2. Now I praise you] This v. introduces the two following sections. The Apostle begins by praising them, perhaps echoing words from the...
IMAGE AND GLORY OF GOD] displaying most fully the divine perfections (Genesis 1:26). THE WOMAN IS THE GLORY OF THE MAN] The meaning is that while man's authority is derived directly from God, woman's...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 11 V1 Imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. PROBLEMS ABOUT *WORSHIP 11:2-34 1. MEN AND WOMEN IN *WORSHIP 11:2-16 V2 I praise you because...
FOR A MAN INDEED. — In 1 Corinthians 11:4 the argument against the woman’s head being uncovered was based upon (_a_) the woman’s relation to man, and (_b_) the man’s relation to Christ in the Church....
CHAPTER 16 THE VEIL AT this point of the Epistle Paul passes from the topics regarding which the Corinthians had requested him to inform them, to make some remarks on the manner in which, as he had h...
§ 36. MAN AND WOMAN IN THE LORD. The Ap. has insisted on the woman's retaining the veil in token of the Divine order pervading the universe, which Christ exhibits in His subordination to the Father. B...
ἀνὴρ (not ὁ ἀνὴρ) μὲν γὰρ κ. τ. λ.: “For _man_ indeed (being man) ought not to have his head veiled” (καλύπτεσθαι, pr [1634] inf [1635] of _custom_), in contrast with woman who _ought_ (1 Corinthians...
COVERING THE HEAD 1 Corinthians 11:2 No soul is complete in itself. The man is not complete apart from Christ, as the woman is not complete apart from man. As God is the head of the nature of Jesus o...
Another Corinthian question concerned the position of woman and her true attitude in the exercise of divinely bestowed gifts. He declared that woman's true position is subservience to man. The nature...
An Argument From the Order of Creation There was nothing created that was superior to man (Genesis 1:2-31; Psalms 8:6). Because of this, Paul said a man covering his head would bring shame on himself,...
(6) For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. (6) The taking away of an objection: have not men also hair g...
VII. THE DEMEANOUR OF WOMEN IN PUBLIC WORSHIP. CHAP. 11:2-16. The apostle has just treated a series of subjects belonging to the domain of the Church's moral life, especially in connection with Christ...
“The man indeed, being the image and glory of God, ought not to cover his head: but the woman is the glory of the Man 1:8. For the man is not taken from the woman; but the woman from the Man 1:9. And...
Thus far the apostle has been arguing from the parallel between the subordinate position which Christian principle ascribes to the woman (1 Corinthians 11:3), and the receptive position of the man rel...
(1) Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. (2) Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. (3) But I would have you...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
7._The man ought not to cover his head, because he is the image _The same question may now be proposed respecting the _image_, as formerly respecting the_head. _For both sexes were created in the imag...
Observe here the way in which the apostle grounded his replies with regard to details on the highest and fundamental principles. This is the manner of Christianity (compare Titus 2:10-14). He introduc...
FOR A MAN INDEED OUGHT NOT TO COVER HIS HEAD,.... The Ethiopic version adds, "whilst he prays"; which is a proper interpretation of the words, though a wrong version; for the apostle's meaning is not,...
For a man indeed ought not to cover _his_ head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. Ver. 7. _He is the image and glory of God_] Even as an image in t...
_A man indeed ought not to cover_, or veil, _his head_ As a sign of subjection; _forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God_ Namely, in respect of the dominion over the inferior creatures, with whi...
THE IMAGE AND GLORY OF GOD; his representative, and reflecting his glory as ruler of this lower world. Genesis 1:26-31; Genesis 2:16; THE GLORY OF THE MAN; her excellence is an expression of his digni...
Chapter s 11 to 14 no longer consider the question of testimony or conduct as before the world, but rather the conduct, order, unity that is becoming in the Assembly, the body of Christ. Yet this is i...
FOR. MAN INDEED OUGHT NOT TO HAVE HIS HEAD VEILED, FORASMUCH AS HE IS THE IMAGE AND GLORY OF GOD: BUT THE WOMAN IS THE GLORY OF THE MAN. 'For' -explaining the reasoning behind the statements made in...
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...
FOR A MAN INDEED OUGHT NOT TO COVER HIS HEAD; covering the head being in those countries a token of subjection, a man ought to uphold the power, pre-eminence, and authority with which God hath investe...
For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God [Man has no created superior (Genesis 1:27; Psalms 8:6), and, in addition to the glory which is his by...
Tertullian On Idolatry Therefore, too, the Lord demanded that the money should be shown Him, and inquired about the image, whose it was; and when He had heard it was Cµsar's, said, "Render to Cµsar w...
1 Corinthians 11:7 For G1063 man G435 indeed G3303 ought G3784 (G5719) not G3756 cover G2619 (G5745) head
THE STATUS OF MEN AND WOMEN IN MINISTRY WHEN PROPHESYING AND PRAYING IS TO BE EXPRESSED IN THE COVERING OR UNCOVERING OF THE HEAD (11:2-16). This question is of great importance in the church, because...
APPROACH TO WORSHIP (11:2-14:40). We now move on to a section which deals with the Christian approach to worship in the light of the particular problems of the Corinthian church. Chapter 11 covers the...
'For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.' In the end Paul brings it all back to theology. The previous...
After the severe censures with which the preceding chapter closes, the apostle seems glad to resume here that quiet tone in which he is most at home with his spiritual children. In fact, on the presen...
Ver. 6. FOR IF A WOMAN IS NOT YELLED, LET HER ALSO BE SHORN....
1 Corinthians 11:7. For, etc. This whole view of the relation of the sexes is founded on a combination of Genesis 1:2. As the first chapter gives the creation of man as man, both sexes are included (1...
THE IMAGE AND GLORY OF GOD (εικων κα δοξα θεου). Anarthrous substantives, but definite. Reference to Genesis 1:28; Genesis 2:26 whereby man is made directly in the image (εικων) of God. It is the mo...
CONTENTS: Christian order and the Lord's supper. Meaning of the Lord's table. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: The Lord's supper is a memorial of His finished atonement, a parable of His pr...
1 Corinthians 11:2. _Keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you._ The apostle mentions these twice to the Thessalonians, and nearly in the same words. 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:6
A MAN HAS NO NEED. At Corinth, the face-veil was symbolic of being lower in rank. In this whole section, we must remember Paul deals with Eastern ideas of the relationship of men and women. At Corinth...
_But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of every woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God._ CHRIST OUR HEAD This important statement is the starting-point...
_Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered dishonoureth his head._ DECORUM IN THE HOUSE OF GOD 1. It is possible to dishonour Christ in our holiest services. 2. It is not enough to pra...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 11:7 See Genesis 1:26; Genesis 5:1. Woman is t
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 11:2 Divisions over Corporate Worship. Paul addresses issues related to the Corinthians’ behavior in worship....
CHAPTER 11 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER The Apostle proceeds to deal with the third point put before him, that of the veiling of women; for the Corinthians had asked of S. Paul whether or no women ought t...
_For a man indeed ought two to cover his head, inasmuch as he is the image and glory of God._ This is a hendiadys, for man is the image of the glory of God, or the glorious image of God, in whom the m...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ [1 Corinthians 11:1 belongs to chap. 10, where see. Evans (in _Speaker_), Stanley, and others divide this chapter at 1 Corinthians 11:16, not 1 Corinthians 11:17, maki
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 for...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to I Corinthians 11. Paul here in the first verse said, Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1). In the previous verse he spoke about h...
1 Corinthians 11:3; Genesis 1:26; Genesis 1:27; Genesis 3:16; Genesis 5
Image and glory [ε ι κ ω ν κ α ι δ ο ξ α] For image, see on Revelation 13:14. Man represents God's authority by his position as the ruler of the woman. In the case of the woman, the word image is omit...
A man indeed ought not to veil his head, because he is the image of God — In the dominion he bears over the creation, representing the supreme dominion of God, which is his glory. But the woman is onl...