3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. Ver. 3. The head of the woman is man ] Were it not an ill sight to see the shoulders above the head, the woman usurp authority over the man αυθεντειν , 1 Timothy 2:12 . A prudent wife commands her husband by obeying, as did Livia. read more
the head of every: Ephesians 1:22, Ephesians 1:23, Ephesians 4:15, Ephesians 5:23, Philippians 2:10, Philippians 2:11, Colossians 1:18, Colossians 2:10, Colossians 2:19 and the head of the: Genesis 3:16, Ephesians 5:22, Ephesians 5:24, Colossians 3:18, 1 Timothy 2:11, 1 Timothy 2:12, 1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 3:5, 1 Peter 3:6 and the head of Christ: 1 Corinthians 3:23, 1 Corinthians 15:27, 1 Corinthians 15:28, Isaiah 49:3-Joshua :, Isaiah 52:13, Isaiah 55:4, Isaiah 61:1-Numbers :, Matthew 28:18,... read more
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.I would have you know — He does not seem to have given them any order before concerning this.The head of every man — Particularly every believer.Is Christ, and the head of Christ is God — Christ, as he is Mediator, acts in all things subordinately to his Father. But we can no more infer that they are not of the same divine nature, because God is said to be the... read more
PAUL’S SIXTH RESPONSE: REGARDING THE HEAD-COSTUME OF THE DIFFERENT SEXES IN RELIGIOUS SERVICES, 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. Stanley well describes the intense religions significance of modes of dress in ancient times. In earlier Greece the length of the garment decided whether a man was an Ionian, with one set of gods and rites, or a Dorian, with another. But it was in the religious duties that the dress of the head possessed a marked import. The Jews, as Grotius says, were accustomed to perform the... read more
3. Head of every man Of every Christian, says Grotius. Yet in the redemption Christ has a headship of the race. See notes on Romans 5:12-21. Here, however, as a harmonious ruling and obeyed headship is implied, Grotius’s limitation is correct. Of every man, by Paul addressed, the Head was Christ. The headship of our Lord over the Christian man is a headship of divine authority, in which, however, when complete and perfect, the authority merges into a blessed spontaneity and... read more
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The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 11:3-16
1 Corinthians 11:3-16But 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 HeadThis important statement is the starting-point for a deliverance on the subject of the conduct of women in the Church. The apostle often, in dealing with matters of trifling importance or limited interest, rises to the enunciation of the grand principle on which it rests. Here he gives the principle first. Let us look at our... read more