(32) But when we are judged.—This verse explicitly declares that the condemnation following an unworthy partaking was not final condemnation, but temporal suffering to save them from being condemned with the heathen. read more
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
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
Chapter 17ABUSE OF THE LORD’S SUPPERIN this paragraph of his letter Paul speaks of an abuse which can scarcely be credited, still less tolerated, in our times. The most sacred of all Christian ordinances had been allowed to degenerate into a bacchanalian revel, not easily to be distinguished from a Greek drinking party. A respectable citizen would hardly have permitted at his own table the license and excess visible at the Table of the Lord. How such disorders in worship should have arisen... read more
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
11:13 {12} Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?(12) He urges the argument taken from the common sense of nature. read more
11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for [her] hair is given her for a {e} covering.(e) To be a covering for her, and such a covering as should procure another. read more
11:16 {13} But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.(13) Against those who are stubbornly contentious we have to oppose this, that the churches of God are not contentious. read more
11:17 {14} Now in this that I declare [unto you] I praise [you] not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.(14) He passes now to the next treatise concerning the right administration of the Lord’s supper. And the apostle uses this harsher preface, that the Corinthians might understand that whereas they generally observed the apostle’s commandments, yet they badly neglected them in a matter of greatest importance. read more
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 11:31
(31) For.—This joins 1 Corinthians 11:31 to 1 Corinthians 11:30, which see. The change to the first person, courteously identifying himself with them, is characteristic of St. Paul. read more