Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
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Gill's Exposition
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth,.... Not that a woman was allowed to pray publicly in the congregation, and much less to preach or explain the word, for these things were not permitted…
Barnes' Notes
Every man praying or prophesying - The word “prophesying” here means, evidently, “teaching;” or publicly speaking to the people on the subject of religion; see the note at Act 2:17. See also the…
Adam Clarke
Praying, or prophesying - Any person who engages in public acts in the worship of God, whether prayer, singing, or exhortation: for we learn, from the apostle himself, that προφητευειν, to prophesy,…
Paul, having answered the cases put to him, proceeds in this chapter to the redress of grievances. The first verse of the chapter is put, by those who divided the epistle into chapters, as a preface…
Cambridge Bible
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered We have two propositions in this and the following verse: the first concerning the man, the second concerning the woman. "It was the custom of…
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