1 Corinthians 11:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.c ”

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is a glory unto her - It is an ornament, and adorning. The same instinctive promptings of nature which make it proper for a man to wear short hair, make it proper that the woman should suffer...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for [her] hair is given her for a (e) covering. (e) To be a covering for her, and such a covering as should procure another.
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:2-16 . 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 hi...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hair . Greek. kome. Only here. is . has been. for . instead of. App-104. covering . Greek. peribolaion. Only here and Hebrews 1:12 (vesture).
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. But if a woman have long hair - The Author of their being has given a larger proportion of hair to the...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But if a woman have, &c.— This should be read with an interrogation, connecting it with the former verse, —But that if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her?—For, &c.
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. Her hair ... for a covering - her long hair shows she ought to cover her head as much as possibl...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her. — We should follow the suggestions of Nature. If a woman has naturally long hair, which is given to her as a covering for her head, the covering...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 h...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Unity and Order in Public Assembly 1 Corinthians 11:11-22 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 marri...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 yo...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But if a woman have long hair ,.... And wears it, without cutting it, as men do: it is a glory to her ; it is comely and beautiful; it is agreeable to her sex, she looks like herself; it becomes a...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. Ver. 15. Her hair is given her ] Now it is a vile thing to go against nature. Cyprian and Austin s...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 a...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Directions Concerning Attire; Female Subjection. A. D. 57. 1 Be ye followers of me, even as I...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But, he saith, if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her. Long hair is comely for the woman, and accounted to her for a beauty or ornament, for God hath given her her hair for a covering....
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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, bec...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 , making 1 Co...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

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-p...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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,"...
1 Corinthians 11:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The natural sense of propriety supports the apostle:
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:15
1 Corinthians 11:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Given her — Originally, before the arts of dress were in being.

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 11:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 11:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 11:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 11:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes