1 CORINTHAINS CHAPTER 11 1 Corinthians 11:3-16 Paul exhorteth the Corinthians to follow him, as he did Christ:
1. He praiseth them for observing the rules he had given them.
2. And forbiddeth men to pray or prophesy with heads covered, and women with heads uncovered; the covering of the head being a token of subjection. 1 Corinthians 11:17-19 He blameth them for abuses in their religious assemblies, particularly for their divisions, 1 Corinthians 11:20-22 and profanation of the Lord's supper. 1 Corinthians 11:23-34 He remindeth them of the first institution thereof, and showeth the danger of partaking of it unworthily. Interpreters judge, that these words do properly belong to the foregoing chapter, in the last verse of which he had propounded his own example to them; but whether they be applied to that chapter or this, is not much material. They teach us, that the examples of the apostles are part of our rule; yet the modesty of the apostle is remarkable, who requires of his people no further to follow him than as he followed Christ: nor indeed ought any man to require more of those that are under his charge, than to follow him so far forth as he imitates the Lord Jesus Christ.