The impropriety of women appearing tmveiled in the public assemblies, vs. 2-16. The improper manner of celebrating the Lord's Supper which pre- vailed in the Corinthian church, vs. 17-34.
On the impropriety of women appearing in public unveiled^
vs. 2-16.
Having corrected the more private abuses which prevailed among the Corinthians, the apostle begins in this chapter to consider those which relate to the mode of conducting public worship. The first of these is the habit of women appearing in public without a veil. Dress is in a great degree conven- tional. A costume which is proper in one country, would be