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The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 11:3-16

1 Corinthians 11:3-16But 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 HeadThis important statement is the starting-point for a deliverance on the subject of the conduct of women in the Church. The apostle often, in dealing with matters of trifling importance or limited interest, rises to the enunciation of the grand principle on which it rests. Here he gives the principle first. Let us look at our... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 11:10

1 Corinthians 11:10For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.Power on the woman’s head because of the angels1. Hardly anything is more notable in St. Paul than his impatience of mere maxims and rules of conduct. He can never rest till he has based them on large general principles which may be applied under all changes of condition. So here with regard to woman’s dress.2. Paul had taught both the spiritual equality of woman with, and her subordination to,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:10

10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. Ver. 10. To have power ] That is, a veil, called in Hebrew Radid, of Radad, to bear rule. And indeed what was this subjection to the husband, but a kind of power and protection derived to the wife, in respect of her former estate? Because of the angels ] Present in the assemblies of the saints. This was set forth of old by the hangings of the tabernacle wrought with cherubims within and without. Others... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Corinthians 11:10

power: That is, a covering in sign that she is under the power of her husband. מןץףיב [Strong's G1849], appears here to be used for the sign or token of being under power or authority, that is, a veil, as Theophylact (Ecumenius, and Photius) explain; and so one manuscript of the Vulgate, the Sixtine edition, and some copies of the Itala, have velamen. Genesis 20:16, Genesis 24:64, Genesis 24:65 because: Ecclesiastes 5:6, Matthew 18:10, Hebrews 1:14 Reciprocal: Exodus 25:20 - toward Numbers... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Corinthians 11:10

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.For this cause also a woman ought to be veiled in the public assemblies, because of the angels - Who attend there, and before whom they should be careful not to do anything indecent or irregular. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:2-16

PAUL’S SIXTH RESPONSE: REGARDING THE HEAD-COSTUME OF THE DIFFERENT SEXES IN RELIGIOUS SERVICES, 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. Stanley well describes the intense religions significance of modes of dress in ancient times. In earlier Greece the length of the garment decided whether a man was an Ionian, with one set of gods and rites, or a Dorian, with another. But it was in the religious duties that the dress of the head possessed a marked import. The Jews, as Grotius says, were accustomed to perform the... read more