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1 Corinthians 11:15 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 11 · verse 15
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.1 Corinthians 11:15 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 11:15 in context
13Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
14Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
15But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
16But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
17Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- coveringperibolaiona covering thrown around, a wrapper, a mantle, a veilG4018 →
- womangynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
- glorydoxaopinion, judgment, view, opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone, in…G1391 →
- givendidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
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Paul, having answered the cases put to him, proceeds in this chapter to the redress of grievances. The first verse of the chapter is put, by those who divided the epistle into chapters, as a preface to the rest of the epistle, but seems to have been a more proper close to the last, in which he had enforced the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16