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jtiovj me) construed with you remember , or with all things , xvi. 14. — rrapeduxa — <7rapud6ffsic, I delivered — traditions [ ordinances ]) This is applied to doctrines, whether imparted to them by word of mouth, or by letters, whether they relate to mysteries, or cere- monies, ver. 23, xv. 3 ; 2 Thess. ii. 15 : they have a greater re- lation however to ceremonies. In ver. 23, he says respecting the Lord’s Supper, that he both received and delivered ; but here, he says, that he delivered, he does not say that he had received.
3. As, but) On this subject Paul seems formerly to have given no commandment, but to have written now for the first time, when he understood that it was necessary. By the expression, I would , he openly professes his- sentiments. — or/, that) Even matters of ceremony should be settled according to the principles of morality, so that they may agree with those principles. It may be said, How does one and the same reason in relation to the head (i.e. of Christ, or of the man) require the man to un- cover his head, and the woman to cover hers ? Ans. Christ is not seen ; the man is seen ; so the covering of him, who is under Christ is not seen ; of her, wTho is under the man, is seen. — avdpog, yuvaizog, of the man , of the woman) although they do not live in the state of marriage, ver. 8, and what follows. — rj xs<pa\ri, the head) This term alludes to the head properly so called, concern- ing the condition [the appropriate dress] of which he treats in the following verse. The common word, Principal f is akin to this use of the term head. The article must be presently after twice supplied from this clause. — xtrpd\r\ Xpnfrov, the head of Christ) iii. 23, xv. 28 ; Luke iii. 23, 38 ; John xx. 17 ; Eph. iii. 9, where God is said to have created all things by Christ, therefore He is the head of Christ. — 6 Gsog , God) ver. 12.
4. Upoffsv^o/jjsvog 5 ) ‘7rpo(prjrs{juv , praying or prophesying) especially in the church , ver. 16, and in the assembly [the coming together ], ver. 17. — Kara Ks<p a\r\g, [having a covering] on his head) The state of the head, the principal part, gives dignity to the whole body. [The face is chiefly referred to , when he speaks of a covering. — V. g.] — e'xMV) having , i.e. if he has. The men of Corinth used not to be covered, and in this respect, the women imitated the
1 This word is given as it is in the original. In this form, it is not Latin, but it is probably the German substantive, which signifies head. — T.
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