19d • The JV Squad
From the group text: 1 Corinthians 11
What are your thoughts on Paul's commands in 1 Corinthians 11?
I'd like to study more in this topic but so far what I'm seeing in the text is that Paul is making a few different arguments.
1. Order in worship (v.3) God- Christ- Man- Woman. Head coverings function as a visible symbol of that order
2. Honor and shame in cultural context. In Corinth, a woman without a head covering could signal sexual availability, rebellion, or impropriety. It seems that Paul is guarding the church's witness and moral clarity
3. Creation order. Many in opposition to head coverings argue that this practice was strictly for the culture at the time and doesn't apply to us anymore. From v.8-9 Paul brings it back to creation and then describes women as the glory of men. Shows more of a transcendent principle, not just local custom
4. Because of the Angels (v.10) while this can be confusing and is interpreted many different ways I think a clear takeaway is that worship has cosmic significance not just social meaning.
I think it's also important to note that head coverings were nearly universally practiced across about 19,000 different types of Christian tradition until the modern feminism movement
RC Sproul asks this question, "what happened? Did we suddenly find some biblical truth to which the saints for thousands of years were blind? Or were our biblical views of women gradually eroded by the modern feminist movement that has infiltrated the Church of Jesus Christ, which is the pillar and buttress of the truth?”
1
1 comment
From the group text: 1 Corinthians 11
powered by
skool.com/hellroaring-institute-6963
Hellroaring Institute hosts discussions of Christian theology & apologetics, and a private group focused on a biblical view of addiction & repentance
Suggested communities
Powered by