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1 Corinthians 11:4 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 11 · verse 4
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.1 Corinthians 11:4 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 11:4 in context
2Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
3But 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.
4Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
5But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
6For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- dishonourethkataischynōto dishonour, disgrace, to put to shame, make ashamed, to be ashamed, blush with shame…G2617 →
- prophesyingprophēteuōto prophesy, to be a prophet, speak forth by divine inspirations, to predict, to…G4395 →
- prayingproseuchomaito offer prayers, to prayG4336 →
- coveredkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- havingechōto haveG2192 →
- headkephalēthe head, both of men and often of animals. Since the loss of the head destroys life…G2776 →
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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