Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 11:16

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16. A summary close to the argument by appeal to the universal custom of the churches. if any . . . seem —The Greek also means " thinks " (fit) (compare :- ). If any man chooses (still after all my arguments) to be contentious. If any be contentious and thinks himself right in being so. A reproof of the Corinthians' self-sufficiency and disputatiousness ( 1 Corinthians 1:20 ). we —apostles: or we of the Jewish nation, from whom ye have received the Gospel, and whose usages in all that is good ye ought to follow: Jewish women veiled themselves when in public, according to TERTULLIAN [ESTIUS]. The former explanation is best, as the Jews are not referred to in the context: but he often refers to himself and his fellow apostles, by the expression, "we—us" ( 1 Corinthians 4:9 ; 1 Corinthians 4:10 ). no such custom —as that of women praying uncovered. Not as CHRYSOSTOM, "that of being contentious." The Greek term implies a usage, rather than a mental habit ( 1 Corinthians 4:10- : ). The usage of true "churches (plural: not, as Rome uses it, 'the Church,' as an abstract entity; but ' the churches, ' as a number of independent witnesses ) of God" (the churches which God Himself recognizes), is a valid argument in the case of external rites, especially, negatively, for example, Such rites were not received among them, therefore, ought not to be admitted among us: but in questions of doctrine, or the essentials of worship, the argument is not valid [SCLATER] ( 1 Corinthians 7:17 ; 1 Corinthians 14:33 ). neither —nor yet. Catholic usage is not an infallible test of truth, but a general test of decency. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-17" class="com-number"

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