1 CORINTHIANS 11:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?”
Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? — Paul invokes the Corinthians' own judgment (krinete) and sense of propriety, appealing to what they already know about honor, shame, and social convention in their world; this is not abstract principle but embedded practice.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 11:13
“Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God veiled?” Again he places them as judges of the things said, which also he did respecting the idol-sacrifices. For as there he says, “judge ye what I say:” c. 1 Corinthians 10:15 so here, “judge in yourselves:” and he hints something more awful here. For he says that the affront here passes on unto God: although thus indeed he does not express himself, but in something of a milder and more enigmatical form of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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