1 Corinthians 11:4 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 11:4

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

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ASV

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.

WEB

Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

YLT

Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,

DBT

Every man praying or prophesying, having [anything] on his head, puts his head to shame.

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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Deuteronomy 22:5
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
2 Samuel 15:30
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
1 Thessalonians 5:20
Despise not prophesyings.
Acts 21:9
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
Numbers 11:25
And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.

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Why, then, ought not man to wear the covering in token of his subjection to Christ, as the woman wears it in token of her subjection to man? "Because Christ is not seen: the man is seen; so the covering of him who is under Christ is not seen; of her who is under the man, is seen" [BENGEL].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

And this will help us the better to understand, IV. The reasons on which he grounds his reprehension. The man that prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonoureth his head, namely, Christ, the head of every man (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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