Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 11].
(\gun•\) was formed from the man (\an•r\) and this priority of
the male (verse 8) gives a certain superiority to the male. On
the other hand, it is equally logical to argue that woman is the
crown and climax of all creation, being the last.
11:9 {For the woman} (\dia t•n gunaika\). Because of (\dia\ with
accusative case) the woman. The record in Genesis gives the man
(\an•r\) as the origin (\ek\) of the woman and the reason for
(\dia\) the creation (\ektisth•\, first aorist passive of
\ktiz•\, old verb to found, to create, to form) of woman.
11:10 {Ought} (\opheilei\). Moral obligation therefore (\dia
touto\, rests on woman in the matter of dress that does not (\ouk
opheilei\ in verse 7) rest on the man.){To have a sign of
authority} (\exousian echein\). He means \s•meion exousias\
(symbol of authority) by \exousian\, but it is the sign of
authority of the man over the woman. The veil on the woman's head
is the symbol of the authority that the man with the uncovered
head has over her. It is, as we see it, more a sign of subjection
(\hypotag•s\, 1Ti 2:10) than of authority (\exousias\).
{Because of the angels} (\dia tous aggelous\). This startling
phrase has caused all kinds of conjecture which may be dismissed.
It is not preachers that Paul has in mind, nor evil angels who
could be tempted (Ge 6:1f.), but angels present in worship (cf.
1Co 4:9; Ps 138:1) who would be shocked at the conduct of the
women since the angels themselves veil their faces before Jehovah
(Isa 6:2).
11:11 {Howbeit} (\pl•n\). This adversative clause limits the
preceding statement. Each sex is incomplete without (\ch•ris\,
apart from, with the ablative case) the other. {In the Lord} (\en
Kuri•i\). In the sphere of the Lord, where Paul finds the
solution of all problems.
11:12 {Of} (\ek\) {--by} (\dia\). Ever since the first creation
man has come into existence by means of (\dia\ with genitive) the
woman. The glory and dignity of motherhood. Cf. _The Fine Art of
Motherhood_ by Ella Broadus Robertson.
11:13 {Is it seemly?} (\prepon estin;\). Periphrastic present
indicative rather than \prepei\. See on ¯Mt 3:15. Paul appeals
to the sense of propriety among the Corinthians.
11:14 {Nature itself} (\h• phusis aut•\). He reenforces the
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