1 Corinthians 14:35; 2 Samuel 14:26
Doth not even nature itself - The word nature ( φύσις phusis) denotes evidently that sense of propriety which all men have, and which is expr...
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....
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...
not even. Greek. oude. if . App-118. have long hair . let the hair grow. Greek. komao. Only here and 1 Corinthians 11:15 . shame . Greek...
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? Doth not - nature - teach you, that, if a man have long...
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? The fact that "nature" has provided woman, and n...
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...
Nature ] i.e. the natural order of things, and man's sense of its fitness. For such guidance, cp. Romans 2:14 .
Nature itself. — This may mean, either “the native inborn sense of what is seemly” as contrasted with revelation; or it may signify the ordinary an...
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...
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...
Another Corinthian question concerned the position of woman and her true attitude in the exercise of divinely bestowed gifts. He declared that woman'...
(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...
Doth not even nature itself teach you ,.... By nature is either meant, the law and light of nature, reason in man, common sense, or rather custom, w...
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? Ver. 14. That if a man hath long hair ] Bushes of v...
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...
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...
Directions Concerning Attire; Female Subjection. A. D. 57....
He tells them, that they could not judge this as a thing comely, for nature itself taught them, that it is a shame for a man to wear long hair. By n...
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...
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...
'Judge you in yourselves. Is it seemly that a woman pray to God unveiled? Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is...
CRITICAL NOTES [ 1 Corinthians 11:1 belongs to chap. 10, where see. Evans (in Speaker ), Stanley, and others divide this chapter at 1 Corinthia...
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 sam...
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...
Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman. Sanctified marriage implies I. Equal privilege in Christ. 1. Alike redeemed. 2. In Hi...
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 natural sense of propriety supports the apostle:
Doth not even nature itself teach you that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
For a man to have long hair, carefully adjusted, is such a mark of effeminacy as is a disgrace to him.
14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?