Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Corinthians 11:13
(12) Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
(12) He urges the argument taken from the common sense of nature.
(12) Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
(12) He urges the argument taken from the common sense of nature.
Verse 1 Corinthians 11:13. _JUDGE IN YOURSELVES_] Consider the subject _in your_ _own common sense_, and then say whether it be decent for a woman to pray in public without a veil on her head? The he...
JUDGE IN YOURSELVES - Or, “Judge among yourselves.” I appeal to you. I appeal to your natural sense of what is proper and right. Paul had used various arguments to show them the impropriety of their f...
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 11:7. 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...
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...
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...
JUDGE. App-122. Figure of speech _Anacoenosis_. App-6. IS IT COMELY. is it becoming. Greek. _prepei._ Elsewhere, Matthew 3:15.Ephesians 5:3; 1 Timothy 2:10;...
_Judge in yourselves_ Return to the argument in 1 Corinthians 11:10. An appeal is now made to our natural feeling of what is proper and becoming. Man, as his sphere is the world, and as he is the high...
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...
13–15. ἘΝ ὙΜΙ͂Ν ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΚΡΊΝΑΤΕ. _Fifth_ argument. An appeal is now made to our natural feeling of what is proper and becoming. Man, as his sphere is the world, and as he is the highest of God’s crea...
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...
ΚΡΊΝΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919) судить, решать, ΠΡΈΠΟΝ _praes. act. part. пот. sing. от_ ΠΡΈΠΩ (G4241) то, что соответствует обстоятельствам, подобающее; с последующим _асс._ с _inf._ ΆΚ...
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...
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...
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? Appeal to their own sense of decorum. Appeal to their own sense of decorum. A WOMAN PRAY UNTO GOD. By rejecting the emblem...
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...
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...
JUDGE IN YOURSELVES. — In this and the two following verses the Apostle reasons with them — appeals to their own common sense, and to the indications of Nature, as to the evident truth of what he has...
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...
There is a constitutional feeling which supports the above inference in favour of the woman's veil; it was implied already in the καταισχύνει and αἰσχρὸν of 1 Corinthians 11:5 f., and is now explicitl...
§ 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...
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...
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 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...
“Judge in yourselves: Is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? 14. Doth not nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 15. but if a woman have long hair,...
(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...
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...
JUDGE IN YOURSELVES,.... The apostle having gone through a variety of reasoning and arguments, showing the superiority of the man to the woman, by which he would prove, that the one should be covered,...
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? Ver. 13. _Judge in yourselves_] All Christ's sheep are rational, able to discern the things that differ, having their senses th...
_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...
The natural sense of propriety supports the apostle:...
JUDGE IN YOURSELVES: IS IT COMELY THAT A WOMAN PRAY UNTO GOD UNCOVERED?...
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...
JUDGE YE IN YOURSELVES: IS IT SEEMLY THAT. WOMAN PRAY UNTO GOD UNVEILED? 'Judge ye in yourselves' -'Judge for yourselves' (NASV); 'Judge of this matter by your own feeling' (Con) 'Also as in 1 Corin...
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...
No man is truly and thoroughly convinced of an error, till he be convicted by his own conscience. It is therefore very usual in holy writ for God, by his sacred penmen, to make appeals unto men's own...
Judge ye in yourselves [he appealed to their own sense of propriety, as governed by the light of nature]:_ is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled?_...
1 Corinthians 11:13 Judge G2919 (G5657) among G1722 yourselves G5213 G846 it G2076 (G5748) proper G4241
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...
'Judge you in yourselves. Is it seemly that a woman pray to God unveiled? Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonour to him? But if a woman have long hair,...
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 11:13. JUDGE YE IN YOURSELVES: IS IT SEEMLY THAT A WOMAN PRAY UNTO GOD (in public) UNVEILED?...
IS IT SEEMLY? (πρεπον εστιν;). Periphrastic present indicative rather than πρεπε. See on Matthew 3:15. Paul appeals to the sense of propriety among the Corinthians....
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
JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES. "You are sensible people. Think how this looks to others." IS IT PROPER? By your own standards of conduct and custom. [Note that Hannah prayed in the temple without a face-veil ...
_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...
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...
_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 10:15; John 7:24; Luke 12:57...
Judge of yourselves — For what need of more arguments if so plain a case? Is it decent for a woman to pray to God — The Most High, with that bold and undaunted air which she must have, when, contrary...
Observe here, 1. How our apostle closes his discourse, in which he had reproved the Corinthians, the men for covering, the women for uncovering, their heads, and laying aside their veils in time of re...