1 Corinthians 11:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 11:10

Paul drew a conclusion from what he had already said (1 Corinthians 11:7-9) and gave a supporting reason for his conclusion.Unfortunately the NASB translators have added "a symbol of" to the original text thus implying that the head-covering is what women ought to wear on their heads. The Greek text simply says "the woman ought to have authority on her head." In the preceding verses the reason is that she is the man’s glory. In light of 1 Corinthians 11:7, we might have expected Paul to say... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Corinthians 11:10

11:10 authority (a-7) i.e. a token of the authority under which she stands. her (b-9) Lit. 'the.' read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:1-34

Disorders In Worship2-16. (c) The Veiling of Women in Church2. Now I praise you] This v. introduces the two following sections. The Apostle begins by praising them, perhaps echoing words from their own letter, for keeping the rules and teaching he had given; but goes on to rebuke faults that have come to his knowledge. Keep the ordinances] RV ’hold fast the traditions’: cp. 2 Thessalonians 2:15. I delivered them to you] 1 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Corinthians 15:3. Probably here rules for worship... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 11:10

(10) For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head.—The two clauses which compose this verse are, perhaps, the two most difficult passages in the New Testament, and, accordingly, have given rise to an almost endless variety of interpretation. What is meant, first, by the woman having “power on her head?”1. There have been many—some of them most fanciful—suggestions that the word for power (exousia) may have crept in instead of some other word by the mistake of some copyist; or that... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Corinthians 11:1-34

The Duty of Praising People 1 Corinthians 11:2 What is praise? There is all the difference in the world between praise and flattery. Praise is commendation of character, the expressed approval of conduct. Flattery is false or insincere praise. Flattery is essentially a lie; it is poisoned honey. The Bible utters most terrible denunciations against flattery. Yet the Book, which waxes fierce against flattery, enjoins praise; and in this text of mine Paul's voice rings out like a clarion in the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:1-19

Chapter 16THE VEILAT 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 heard, they were conducting their meetings for public worship. The next four chapters are occupied with instructions as to what constitutes seemliness and propriety in such meetings. He desires to express in general his satisfaction that on the whole they had adhered to the instructions he had already... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:1-34

II. THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST: CHAPTERS 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 11:1-16 .) 2. The Lord’s Supper. (1 Corinthians 11:17-31 .) 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... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:10

11:10 {9} For this cause ought the woman to have {c} power on [her] head because of the {10} angels.(9) The conclusion: women must be covered, to show by this external sign their subjection.(c) A covering which is a token of subjection.(10) What this means, I do not yet understand. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:1-34

Chapters 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 introduced, not with direct reference to the gathering of the Assembly (which begins with verse 17), but with the basic truths of God's order in creation. For if this first and lower is ignored, then how can the higher be rightly kept'? But verse 1 preserves the continuity from chapter 10. As Paul... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:1-34

CHURCH DISORDERS This chapter begins properly at 1 Corinthians 11:2 , and treats of disorderly conduct of the women in the church assemblies, and of the misuse of the Lord’s supper. “Head” is used in the sense of source of dominion because it is that which directs the body, and the man is the “head of the woman” because he is under authority to him, the reference being to married women and their husbands. “The head of Christ is God,” when Christ is considered in the mediatorial sense, and... read more

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