01. Praising the Brethren (1 Corinthians 11:2)
• ye remember is μνάομαι (ŏmai), to remember, be mindful, recollect. Paul compliments the Corinthian assembly for remembering him (1 Corinthians 4:17; 15:2; 2 Timothy 1:4).
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• the ordinances (cf. 1 Corinthians 10:30--11:1)

02. Who is the Head? (1 Corinthians 11:3)
• This section of Scripture has been misinterpreted and misapplied by most Christians today. This verse is the key that unlocks what Paul is writing about in this section. Paul is speaking metaphorically and not about the literal head that bobbles on the neck.

• man** is ἀνήρ (ēr), means man, as there is no Greek word for husband, so it's in context.
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• woman** is γυνή (ē), means woman, as there is also no Greek word for wife.

• Therefore, man in this section means husband, woman means wife.
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• Paul's key to understanding this passage: the head of Christ **is God, the head of every man is Christ; the head of the woman is the man.

• Ignoring the literal interpretation of this passage (which is metaphorical), leads to a false interpretation of this text and causes women to wear head coverings.

• God's divine order Physical World. Paul writes the divine order in his other epistles (Eph 1:22--23; 4:15; 5:22-24; Col 1:18; 3:18).
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**03. Praying or Prophesying Publicly (1 Corinthians 11:4-12)
• 1 Corinthians 11:4 In Greek: **Every man praying or prophesying, having covered head, dishonoureth his head.** This is another passage misinterpreted; men take hats off, etc.

• Paul writes that if a man in spiritual leadership has anything that covers Christ in his prayers (hiding Christ etc.) or while he is prophesying, he dishonours Christ.

• 1 Corinthians 11:5 A woman, without the blessing of her husband (who is covered in Christ), publicly prays or prophesies, she dishonoureth him as if she went and shaved her physical head. Paul is addressing women who go rogue and enter spiritual leadership without the blessing of a husband who himself is covered in Christ.

• Without this blessing, Paul says that this woman is usurping the divine order and taking upon herself the role of the man and thus embarrassing and shaming him with her arrogance.

• 1 Corinthians 11:6 Paul writes that if a woman publicly prays or prophesies without the authority of a man who is covered in Christ, Paul compares her to a bald woman and the embarrassment and shame that came with that.

• Paul is writing that a woman in the local assembly ought to only have a spiritual role in leadership if her believing husband (covered by Christ) gives his blessing.
• 1 Corinthians 11:7 The KJV inserts his incorrectly, when the Greek is simply *the* head.

• YLT is correct here, writing the head, thus identifying that Christ is the head.

• Initially, this seems that Paul is writing that man is the image and glory of God.

• A look at Scripture, we see that man is created in the image of God but not the image and glory of God (Genesis 1:26--27), while **Christ is the image and glory of God** (2 Corinthians 4:4; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3).
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• The 2 Greek nouns for image** (εἰκών ĕikōn) and** glory** (δόξα ŏxa), both are in the feminine, and can only correspond with the other feminine noun of head (κεφαλή ĕphalē). Thus, it is grammatically impossible in Greek that this passage is in reference to the man.

• Paul writes that just as Christ is the **glory of God, so too is the woman the glory of the man.

• 1 Corinthians 11:8-9 Paul summarizes vs 3-7, and in the Greek of vs 9“and" as well as “for", which shows that Paul is connecting vs 9 with vs 8** and showing there is an additional reason for a woman (wife) to cover her head.

• Referring to Day 6 of Creation: God created man first and then the woman (Gen 2:18--24).

• Paul writes that a woman is to be under a man's spiritual leadership because of the creation process that man was created first, and the woman was created to be his help meet.
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• 1 Corinthians 11:10 power** is ἐξουσία (ĕxŏusia) and used as a sign that she is under the authority and power of her husband.

• Paul says here that the wife is under the authority of her husband, in the same way, that the man is under the authority of Christ.

• 2nd reason that the wife is to be under the authority of her husband: **because of the angels.

• In reference to the Nephilim in Genesis 6:1-4, where we read that the sons of God, Satan's demons had relations with women to pollute the human race, and produced giants, Nephilim.
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• At this time, we have women who took a man who was not under Christ, and the result was catastrophic.

• Paul is writing that women should put themselves under the authority of a man who is under the authority of Christ.

**• 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 **Paul addresses the assumption that men are superior to women. After Day 6 of Creation, man has been brought into this world through the female. Ultimately, all life comes from God and is given to us through Christ (2 Cor 5:18).
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• without** is χωρίς (ōris) means apart, asunder, apart from.

• Paul is writing that the man is not to be apart from the woman, nor the woman from the man (cf. 1 Corinthians 7:10--14; Galatians 3:28).