1 Corinthians 11:13 BSB

1 Corinthians 11:13

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

BSB

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ASV

Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled?

KJV

Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Judge in yourselves - Or, “Judge among yourselves.” I appeal to you. I appeal to your natural sense of what is proper and right. Paul had used various arguments to show them the impropriety of their females speaking unveiled in public. He now appeals to their natural sense of what was decent and right, according to established and acknowledged customs and habits. Is it comely ... - Is it decent, or becoming? The Grecian women, except their priestesses, were accustomed to appear in public with a veil - Doddridge.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Judge of yourselves - For what need of more arguments if so plain a case? Is it decent for a woman to pray to God - The Most High, with that bold and undaunted air which she must have, when, contrary to universal custom, she appears in public with her head uncovered?

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐν	en	In	G1722 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	yourselves	G846 →
κρίνατε·	krinate	do judge:	G2919 →
πρέπον	prepon	Becoming	G4241 →
ἐστὶν	estin	is it	G1510 →
γυναῖκα	gunaika	for a woman	G1135 →
ἀκατακάλυπτον	akatakalupton	revealed	G177 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
θεῷ	theō	to God	G2316 →
προσεύχεσθαι;	proseuchesthai	to pray?	G4336 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 7:24
Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
leads to
- Isaiah 11:3–4
  And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
- James 2:9
  But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
- John 8:15
  You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
- Proverbs 17:15
  Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
- Proverbs 24:23
  These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Through
Luke 12:57
And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
leads to
- John 7:24
  Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
- Deuteronomy 32:29
  If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
Through
1 Corinthians 10:15
I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21
  but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Corinthians