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1 Corinthians 11:16 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 11 · verse 16
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.1 Corinthians 11:16 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 11:16 in context
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.
18For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
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Key words (Strong's)
- churchesekklēsiaa gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly…G1577 →
- customsynētheiaintercourse , intimacy, custom, a being used to, accustomedG4914 →
- seemdokeōto be of opinion, think, suppose, to seem, to be accounted, reputed, it seems to me, I…G1380 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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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