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Avoiding Cultural Shame
Commentators stress the cultural context of this verse. In Corinth, respectable women were veiled in public. An unveiled head was associated with prostitutes, while a shaven head was a punishment for adultery or the mark of a slave. Paul's instruction was for Christian women to avoid dressing in a way that brought dishonor to themselves, their husbands, and the church by adopting these shameful cultural symbols.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 11:5
18th Century
Theologian
But every woman that prays or prophesies. In the Old Testament, prophetesses are not infrequently mentioned. For example, Miriam is mentio…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 11:5
With her head unveiled (ακατακαλυπτω τη κεφαλη). Associative instrumental case of manner and the predicative adjective (compound a…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 11:5
19th Century
Bishop
But every woman that prayeth . . . From the hypothetical case of the man praying or preaching with covered head (which wa…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Corinthians 11:4–7
19th Century
Preacher
It is given in order that he may himself profit, and also that he may be the means of profiting those who hear him.
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 11:5
Whichever view is held as to the nature of the head covering, the same basic principles emerge from the passage. In vv.3–10 Paul emphasizes the ord…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 11:5
16th Century
Theologian
Every woman praying or prophesying (1 Corinthians 11:5). Here we have the second proposition — that women ought t…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 11:5
17th Century
Pastor
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth
Not that a woman was allowed to pray publicly in the congregation, and m…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 11:2–16
17th Century
Minister
Here begin details concerning public assemblies, 1 Corinthians chapter 14. In the abundance of spiritual gifts bestowed on the Corinthians, some ab…