1 Corinthians 11:8-9 NIV,NKJV

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:9

9. Neither—rather, "For also"; Another argument: The immediate object of woman's creation. "The man was not created for the sake of the woman; but the woman for the sake of the man" (Genesis 2:18; Genesis 2:21; Genesis 2:22). Just as the Church, the bride, is made for Christ; and yet in both the natural and the spiritual creations, the bride, while made for the bridegroom, in fulfilling that end, attains her own true "glory," and brings "shame" and "dishonor" on herself by any departure from it... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 11:2-16

C. Propriety in worship 11:2-16This section and the next (1 Corinthians 11:17-34) deal with subjects different from meat offered to idols, but Paul did not introduce them with the phrase "now concerning." These were additional subjects about which he wanted to give the Corinthians guidance. He had evidently learned of the Corinthians’ need for instruction in these matters either through their letter to him, from the messengers that brought that letter to him, or from other sources. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 11:7-12

2. The argument from creation 11:7-12Paul proceeded with a second supporting argument to correct the Corinthians’ perversion regarding women’s head-coverings. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 11:8

Woman is the glory of man, first, because she came from him in creation. As Adam glorified God by being the product of His creation, so Eve glorified Adam because she came from him. The female sex did not produce the male sex, but the first woman came from the first man. God formed Eve out of a part of Adam whom He created first (Genesis 2:21-22). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 11:9

Furthermore woman is the glory of man because God created Eve to complete Adam. God did not create the man as a companion for the woman but the woman for man’s sake (Genesis 2:18; Genesis 2:20). [Note: See Benjamin L. Merkle, "Paul’s Arguments from Creation in 1 Corinthians 11:8-9 and 1 Timothy 2:13-14: An Apparent Inconsistency Answered," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 49:3 (September 2006):527-48.] "Man, then, was God’s authoritative representative who found in woman a... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:1-34

Disorders In Worship2-16. (c) The Veiling of Women in Church2. Now I praise you] This v. introduces the two following sections. The Apostle begins by praising them, perhaps echoing words from their own letter, for keeping the rules and teaching he had given; but goes on to rebuke faults that have come to his knowledge. Keep the ordinances] RV ’hold fast the traditions’: cp. 2 Thessalonians 2:15. I delivered them to you] 1 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Corinthians 15:3. Probably here rules for worship... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Corinthians 11:1-34

The Duty of Praising People 1 Corinthians 11:2 What is praise? There is all the difference in the world between praise and flattery. Praise is commendation of character, the expressed approval of conduct. Flattery is false or insincere praise. Flattery is essentially a lie; it is poisoned honey. The Bible utters most terrible denunciations against flattery. Yet the Book, which waxes fierce against flattery, enjoins praise; and in this text of mine Paul's voice rings out like a clarion in the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:1-19

Chapter 16THE VEILAT this point of the Epistle Paul passes from the topics regarding which the Corinthians had requested him to inform them, to make some remarks on the manner in which, as he had heard, they were conducting their meetings for public worship. The next four chapters are occupied with instructions as to what constitutes seemliness and propriety in such meetings. He desires to express in general his satisfaction that on the whole they had adhered to the instructions he had already... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:1-34

II. THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST: CHAPTERS 11-14 1. Headship, and the Position of Woman. The Lord’s Supper. CHAPTER 11. 1. The Headship of Christ and of the Man; Position of Woman. (1 Corinthians 11:1-16 .) 2. The Lord’s Supper. (1 Corinthians 11:17-31 .) The opening verse belongs to the preceding chapter. And now after the church in relation to the world had been treated by the Apostle in the first part of the epistle, he takes up next the affairs of the church itself. Here, too, much... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:8

11:8 {7} For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.(7) He proves the inequality of the woman by the fact that from the man is the substance of which woman was first made. read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 11:7-12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 11:8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 11:9

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:1-34

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Corinthians 11:1-34

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 11:1-19

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:1-34

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:8

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