Verse 1 Corinthians 11:16. _BUT IF ANY MAN SEEM TO BE CONTENTIOUS_] Ει δε τις δοκει φιλονεικος ειναι· If any person _sets himself up_ as a wrangler-_puts himself forward_ as a defender of such points...
BUT IF ANY MAN SEEM TO BE CONTENTIOUS - The sense of this passage is probably this: “If any man, any teacher, or others, “is disposed” to be strenuous about this, or to make it a matter of difficulty;...
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...
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...
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...
ANY MAN. any one. App-123. CONTENTIOUS. fond of strife. Greek. _philoneikos._ Only here. CUSTOM. See John 18:39. NEITHER. Greek. _oude._ CHURCHES. App-186....
_But if any man seem to be contentious_ Some commentators refer these words to what follows; but it would seem best to apply them to what has gone before. The Apostle would deprecate further argument,...
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...
ΕἸ ΔΈ ΤΙΣ. Not ‘any _man_’ as A.V., but ‘any _one_,’ a material difference. The Apostle had special reason to apprehend difficulties on this point. See 1 Corinthians 14:33; 1 Corinthians 14:38, and no...
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...
ΔΟΚΕΪ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΔΟΚΈΩ (G1380) казаться, притворяться, претендовать. Ind. в _conj._ 1 типа, в котором условие истинно. ΦΙΛΌΝΕΙΚΟΣ (G5380) любящий борьбу, спорщик, скандалист, ΕΊΝΑΙ _praes...
BUT IF ANY MAN SEEM TO BE, &C.— _Be,_ or _is disposed to be,_ &c. _"If any one,_ from a love of disputing, or from his own different views of what is naturally decent, _should controvert_ what I advan...
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...
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. A summary by appeal to the universal custom of the churches. IF ANY MAN SEEM - `thinks' (fit) [ dokei (G...
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...
CONTENTIOUS] argumentative; not open to conviction. NO SUCH CUSTOM] i.e. that women should be unveiled. For similar appeal to the example of other Churches, see on 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 7:...
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...
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...
BUT IF ANY MAN SEEM TO BE CONTENTIOUS. — The argument, and the appeal to their own good sense having been completed, the Apostle now adds that if, after all, some one continues to argue the matter cap...
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...
closes the discussion sharply, with its appeal to established Christian rule. If, after all that the Ap. has advanced in maintenance of the modest distinction between the sexes, any one is still minde...
§ 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...
UNITY AND ORDER IN PUBLIC ASSEMBLY 1 Corinthians 11:11 The _power_ on a woman's head in 1 Corinthians 11:10 probably refers to the veil or covering which the Grecian woman assumed at marriage as the...
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...
Long Hair Paul asked the brethren to use their own judgment to determine whether or not it was proper for a woman to pray with her head uncovered. As McGarvey wrote, "Instinct should teach us that the...
(13) But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. (13) Against those who are stubbornly contentious we have to oppose this, that the churches of God are...
In this chapter are three instructions: 1. That women must have a veil on their heads at public prayers, to ver. 17. --- 2ndly, he corrects the abuses in their banquets of charity, called _Agape, to v...
“But if any man seem to be contentious...we have no such custom, neither the Churches of God.” Holsten and others regard this saying as a kind of confession that the apostle feels the insufficiency of...
1 Corinthians 11:13-16 . The apostle concludes by appealing to the natural impression which ought to follow from a particular feature in the physical conformation of the man and the woman. This last...
1 Corinthians 11:12-19 . The idea of the whole passage is this: The denial of the resurrection of the dead draws with it that of Christ's resurrection, and thereby gives the lie to the apostolic test...
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...
(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...
16._But if any man seem _A _contentious _person is one whose humor inclines him to stir up disputes, and does not care what becomes of the truth. Of this description are all who, without any necessity...
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...
BUT IF ANY MAN SEEM TO BE CONTENTIOUS,.... That is, if anyone will not be satisfied with reasons given, for men's praying and prophesying with their heads uncovered, and women's praying and prophesyin...
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. Ver. 16. _Seem to be contentious_] _A doctore glorioso, et pastore contentioso, et inutilibus questionibus,...
_Judge in yourselves_ For what need of more arguments in so plain a case? _Is it comely_ Decent, suitable to female modesty; _that a woman pray unto God_ The Most High, with that bold and undaunted ai...
CONTENTIOUS; should any at Corinth contend that it was proper for women, in their worship, to appear like men, or men like women, Paul informed them that it was contrary to the teaching of the apostle...
BUT IF ANY MAN SEEM TO BE CONTENTIOUS, WE HAVE NO SUCH CUSTOM, NEITHER THE CHURCHES OF GOD. Aside from all external authorities, the apostle here appeals to the natural feeling of his readers; they sh...
The natural sense of propriety supports the apostle:...
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...
BUT IF ANY MAN SEEMETH TO BE CONTENTIOUS, WE HAVE NO SUCH CUSTOM, NEITHER THE CHURCHES OF GOD. 'seemeth to be contentious' -'seems anxious to dispute the matter' (Ber); 'still thinks it right to con...
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...
IF ANY MAN SEEM TO BE CONTENTIOUS; if any man hath a mind to quarrel out of a love to show his wit in discoursing what may be said on the other side, or out of a desire to hold up a party, and contrad...
But if any man seemeth to be [a mild way of saying, "if any man is"] _contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God_. [Knowing the argumentative spirit of the Greeks, and being cons...
Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins ? "If any," he says, "is contentious, we have not such a custom, nor (has) the Church of God."[33] Cyprian Epistle XXX Nor is it now but lately that this counse...
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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...
'But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the churches of God.' Paul now anticipates contention. Let those who disagree recognise that in the churches of God there is no suc...
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...
1 Corinthians 11:16. BUT IF ANY MAN SEEMETH TO BE CONTENTIONS, WE HAVE NO SUCH CUSTOM, NEITHER THE CHURCHES OF GOD: ‘If in the spirit of contradiction A MAN will not yield to such considerations, let...
CONTENTIOUS (φιλονεικος). Old adjective (φιλοσ, νεικος), fond of strife. Only here in N.T. If he only existed in this instance, the disputatious brother.CUSTOM (συνηθειαν). Old word from συνηθης ...
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
BUT IF ANYONE WANTS TO ARGUE ABOUT IT. Paul says this to the false teacher and his party. They argued that Christian freedom allowed the women who prayed and spoke God's message in public worship to d...
_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...
_Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman._ SANCTIFIED MARRIAGE IMPLIES I. Equal privilege in Christ. 1. Alike redeemed. 2. In Him there is neither male nor female. II. Equal subjection...
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...
_But if any man seem to be contentious._ To be contentious is to contend for renown and victory, not for truth; and here it is to contend that Christian women should not be veiled when they pray in Ch...
_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 14:33; 1 Corinthians 14:34; 1 Corinthians 16:1; 1 Corinthians 7:17;...
Custom. Not the custom of contentiousness, but that of women speaking unveiled. The testimonies of Tertullian and Chrysostom show that these injunctions of Paul prevailed in the churches. In the sculp...
We have no such custom here, nor any of the other churches of God — The several churches that were in the apostles' time had different customs in things that were not essential; and that under one and...