Verse 1 Corinthians 11:4. _PRAYING, OR PROPHESYING_] Any person who engages in public acts in the worship of God, whether prayer, singing, or exhortation: for we learn, from the apostle himself, that...
EVERY MAN PRAYING OR PROPHESYING - The word “prophesying” here means, evidently, “teaching;” or publicly speaking to the people on the subject of religion; see the note at Acts 2:17. See also the subj...
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...
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...
PRAYING. App-134. PROPHESYING. App-189. _ HIS_ HEAD COVERED. Literally (something) upon (App-104.) the head. DISHONOURETH. Greek. _kataischuno._ See Romans 5:5. HIS HEAD. i.e. Christ in Whom he has...
_Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered_ We have two propositions in this and the following verse: the first concerning the man, the second concerning the woman. "It was the custom...
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...
1 Corinthians 11:2-16. THE CONDUCT AND DRESS OF WOMEN AT THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE CHURCH...
ΠΑ͂Σ�. We have two propositions in this and the following verse: the first concerning the man, the second concerning the woman. ‘It was the custom of the Jews that they prayed not, unless first their...
_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...
ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (adj.) от_ ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΟΜΑΙ (G4331) молиться, ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΎΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΎΩ (G4395) говорить за кого-л., пророчествовать, ΚΑΤΆ ΚΕΦΑΛΉΣ (G2596; G2776)...
DISHONOURETH HIS HEAD— It was the custom among the Greeks and Romans, as well as the Jews, to appear in places of worship with their heads covered; and it is certain that the Jewish priests wore a kin...
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...
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. PRAYING - in public (). PROPHESYING - preaching in the Spirit (). HAVING - i:e., if he were to have-a supposed...
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...
PROPHESYING] i.e. uttering a revelation of God's will. DISHONOURETH HIS HEAD] because he is wearing the mark of dependence....
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...
EVERY MAN PRAYING OR PROPHESYING. — The reference here is to public prayer and teaching (the word “prophesying” is used in its less restricted sense). The Apostle probably does not allude to any case...
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...
§ 35. THE WOMAN'S VEIL. P. is glad to believe that the Church at Cor [1593] is loyal to his instructions (2); he interrupts his censures by a word of praise. This commendation, however, he proceeds to...
1 Corinthians 11:4-5 : the high doctrine just asserted applied to the matter of feminine attire. Since man _qua_ man has no head but Christ, before whom they worship in common, while woman has man to...
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...
Signs of Subjection Covering the head, in the Corinth of Paul's day, showed that a man was in subjection to someone. In worship, Paul said, a man's head should be uncovered, since he would have been i...
(3) Every (b) man praying or prophesying, having [his] head covered, dishonoureth his head. (3) By this he gathers that if men do either pray or preach in public assemblies having their heads covered...
Praying or prophesying. By prophesying, in this place is meant, reading publicly in the Church, or singing, or explaining some part of the Scripture. To have the head covered, or uncovered, is in itse...
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...
“Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 5. But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all on...
(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...
4._Every man praying _Here there are two propositions. The first relates to the _man_, the other to the _woman _He says that the _man _commits an offense against Christ his head, if he _prays or proph...
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...
EVERY MAN PRAYING OR PROPHESYING,.... This is to be understood of praying and prophesying in public, and not in private; and not to be restrained to the person that is the mouth of the congregation to...
Every man praying or prophesying, having _his_ head covered, dishonoureth his head. Ver. 4. _Dishonoureth his head_] As they accounted it then and there. In other places it is otherwise. The French p...
_Every man_, &c. Now upon this principle, with a reference to the usages that prevail at this time with you at Corinth, I may properly observe: _Every man praying or prophesying_ By an immediate influ...
PROPHESYING; see note to chap 1 Corinthians 12:28. HAVING HIS HEAD COVERED; the apostle regards a covering on the head as a sign of subjection. He would have the men prophecy and pray with their heads...
EVERY MAN PRAYING OR PROPHESYING, HAVING HIS HEAD COVERED, DISHONORS HIS HEAD....
The woman's veil:...
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...
EVERY MAN PRAYING OR PROPHESYING, HAVING HIS HEAD COVERED, DISHONORETH HIS HEAD. 'praying or prophesying' -'the two verbs "pray and prophesy" make it certain that the problem has to do with the assem...
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...
By EVERY MAN PRAYING OR PROPHESYING, some (amongst whom the learned Beza) understand not only he that ministereth in prayer, or in opening and applying the Scriptures, whether from a previous meditati...
Every man praying or prophesying [speaking by divine inspiration], _having his head covered, dishonoreth his head_....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III We must conclude, moreover, that these men (the Montanists) can not admit the Apostle Paul either. For, in his Epistle to the Corinthians,[157] Tertullian On Praye...
1 Corinthians 11:4 Every G3956 man G435 praying G4336 (G5740) or G2228 prophesying G4395 (G5723) having G2192
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...
'Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered (literally 'having a hanging down from the head'), dishonours his head. But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishono...
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 11:4. EVERY MAN (‘male' person) PRAYING OR PROPHESYING that IS, ‘SPEAKING by Divine Inspiration,' either _to_ God in public prayer, or _from_ God in preaching, HAVING HIS HEAD COVERED, D...
HAVING HIS HEAD COVERED (κατα κεφαλης εχων). Literally, having a veil (καλυμμα understood) down from the head (κεφαλης ablative after κατα as with κατα in Mark 5:13; Acts 27:14). It is not certain w...
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
SO A MAN. At Corinth, a man who prayed or spoke God's message with his head covered (with a face-veil) would disgrace Christ. Pagan priests covered their heads. [However, Jewish priests did too. See E...
_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...
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...
_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 11:14; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 14:1;...
Having his head covered [κ α τ α κ ε φ α λ η ς ε χ ω ν]. Lit., having something hanging down from his head. Referring to the tallith, a four - cornered shawl having fringes consisting of eight threads...
Every man praying or prophesying — Speaking by the immediate power of God. With his head — And face. Covered — Either with a veil or with long hair. Dishonoureth his head — St. Paul seems to mean, As...
By the man's PRAYING AND PROPHESYING, understand his performing any divine offices in the church, as prayer, and expounding the scriptures, singing of psalms, and the like. By doing this COVERED, und...