Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 11].
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11:1 {Imitators of me} (\mim•tai mou\). In the principle of
considerate love as so clearly shown in chapters 1Co 8-10 and
in so far as (\kath•s\) Paul is himself an imitator of Christ.
The preacher is a leader and is bound to set an example or
pattern (\tupos\) for others (Tit 2:7). This verse clearly
belongs to the preceding chapter and not to chapter 11.
11:2 {Hold fast the traditions} (\tas paradoseis katechete\).
Hold down as in 15:2. \Paradosis\ (tradition) from \paradid•mi\
(\pared•ka\, first aorist active indicative) is an old word and
merely something handed on from one to another. The thing handed
on may be bad as in Mt 15:2f. (which see) and contrary to the
will of God (Mr 7:8f.) or it may be wholly good as here. There
is a constant conflict between the new and the old in science,
medicine, law, theology. The obscurantist rejects all the new and
holds to the old both true and untrue. New truth must rest upon
old truth and is in harmony with it.
11:3 {But I would have you know} (\thel• de humas eidenai\). But
I wish you to know, censure in contrast to the praise in verse
2. {The head of Christ is God} (\kephal• tou Christou ho
theos\). Rather, God is the head of Christ, since \kephal•\ is
anarthrous and predicate.
11:4 {Having his head covered} (\kata kephal•s ech•n\).
Literally, having a veil (\kalumma\ understood) down from the
head (\kephal•s\ ablative after \kata\ as with \kata\ in Mr
5:13; Ac 27:14). It is not certain whether the Jews at this time
used the _tallith_, "a four-corned shawl having fringes
consisting of eight threads, each knotted five times" (Vincent)
as they did later. Virgil (_Aeneid_ iii., 545) says: "And our
heads are shrouded before the altar with a Phrygian vestment."
The Greeks (both men and women) remained bareheaded in public
prayer and this usage Paul commends for the men.
11:5 {With her head unveiled} (\akatakalupt•i t•i kephal•i\).
Associative instrumental case of manner and the predicative
adjective (compound adjective and feminine form same as
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(1 Corinthians: Chapter 11)