1 Corinthians 11:14

For a man to have long hair, carefully adjusted, is such a mark of effeminacy as is a disgrace to him.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Doth not even nature itself - The word nature ( φύσις phusis) denotes evidently that sense of propriety which all men have, and which is expr...
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

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nature ] i.e. the natural order of things, and man's sense of its fitness. For such guidance, cp. Romans 2:14 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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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...
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

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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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 Corinthia...
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

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The natural sense of propriety supports the apostle:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Doth not even nature itself teach you that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 14:35 ; 2 Samuel 14:26

¹⁴ Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 11:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

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

1 Corinthians 11:14