“DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD” 1 Corinthians 10:23; 1 Corinthians 11:1 There seems to be a, clear distinction in the Apostle's directions between feasting in an idol temple on the one hand, and the acceptance of an invitation to a private house, as in 1 Corinthians 10:25; 1 Corinthians 10:27, on the... [ Continue Reading ]
COVERING THE HEAD 1 Corinthians 11:2 No soul is complete in itself. The man is not complete apart from Christ, as the woman is not complete apart from man. As God is the head of the nature of Jesus on its human side, so must Jesus be head of man, and man of woman. But in each case the headship is... [ Continue Reading ]
UNITY AND ORDER IN PUBLIC ASSEMBLY 1 Corinthians 11:11 The _power_ on a woman's head in 1 Corinthians 11:10 probably refers to the veil or covering which the Grecian woman assumed at marriage as the sign that she was not free from the sacred ties and duties of wedlock. In Paul's thought of the mat... [ Continue Reading ]
OBSERVING THE LORD'S SUPPER 1 Corinthians 11:23 There was much disorder in the Corinthian church, because the love-feast, which preceded the Holy Supper, was the scene of riot and conviviality, of ostentation and jealousy. In the love-feast of the early Church each brought his own supply of food,... [ Continue Reading ]