1 Corinthians 11:10

power

Authority, that is, the sign of the husband's authority.

angels

That is, of the presence of the angels.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For this cause ... - There is scarcely any passage in the Scriptures which has more exercised the ingenuity of commentators than this verse. The...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
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....
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:7-34 . The Desecration of the Lord's Supper. Paul feels that in one respect he must restrict his praise. Their meetings damage ra...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

For this cause . On account of (as above) this. power . authority (App-172.), i.e. the sign of authority,. veil, which betokened subjection to her...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. For this cause ought the woman to have power (628) From that authority he draws an argument (629) in favor of outward decorum. “She is...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For this cause ought the woman to have power, &c.— Mr. Locke acknowledges, with a modesty which does him much honour, that he did not understan...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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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 b...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Power] RV 'a sign of authority,' i.e. that she is under authority. Because of the angels ] The angels were conceived to be present as witnesses o...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Covering the Head 1 Corinthians 11:2-10 No soul is complete in itself. The man is not complete apart from Christ, as the woman is not complete...
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'...
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, a...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE FEMALE HEAD-DRESS ‘Power on her head because of the angels.’ 1 Corinthians 11:10 The little section of the First Epistle to the Corinthi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head ,.... The generality of interpreters, by power, understand the veil, or covering on the wom...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Radi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For this cause As well as for the other reasons above mentioned; the woman ought to have power on her head That is, a veil, as a token of her bei...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Directions Concerning Attire; Female Subjection. A. D. 57....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By power on her head is here to be understood (as some think) a covering on her head, in sign that she is under the power of her husband: the thing...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 pr...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'For this reason ought the woman to have authority on her head, because of the angels.' And that is why the woman must when prophesying and being op...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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...
The Biblical Illustrator

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. Power on the woman’s head because of the angels 1. Hardly anyth...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The apostle advances a further argument for the woman's veiling:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 5:6 ; Genesis 20:16 ; Genesis 24:64 ; Genesis 24:65 ; Hebrews 1:14 ; Matthew 18:10
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 c...

¹⁰ For this cause ought the woman to have powerb on her head because of the angels.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 11:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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