Scofield Reference Bible Notes
1 Corinthians 11

1Co 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

followers

imitators.

1Co 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

ordinances

things delivered; often translated traditions.

1Co 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

woman

Cf. Gen 3:16. The woman's veil, or head-covering, is a symbol of this subordination.

1Co 11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

every woman that prayeth or prophesieth

Act 21:9.

1Co 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

image…of God

Gen 5:1; Gen 1:27.

1Co 11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

power

authority, i.e. the sign of the husband's authority.

of the angels

i.e. of the presence of the angels.

1Co 11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

comely

seemly.

1Co 11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

covering

Or, veil.

1Co 11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

divisions among you

1Co 1:11-12.

divisions

Or, schisms.

1Co 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

heresies

Or, sects.

1Co 11:20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.

this is not to eat

Or, ye cannot eat.

1Co 11:21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

one is hungry, and another is drunken

Jde 1:12.

1Co 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

is broken for you

is for you.

1Co 11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

testament

covenant.

in my blood

Sacrifice (of Christ). 2Co 5:14, 18-19, 21. (Gen 4:4; Heb 10:18.)

1Co 11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

do shew

declare.

1Co 11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

unworthily

i.e. in an unworthy manner; cf. 1Co 11:20-22.

1Co 11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

damnation

judgment, in the sense of 1Co 11:32.

1Co 11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

if we would judge ourselves

Self-judgment is not so much the believer's moral condemnation of his own ways or habits, as of himself, for allowing such ways. Self-judgment avoids chastisement. If neglected, the Lord judges, and the result is chastisement, but never condemnation (1Co 11:32; 2Sa 7:14-15; 12:13-14; 1Co 5:5; 1Ti 1:20; Heb 12:7). See other judgments: Scofield John 12:31, note; 2Co 5:10, note; Mat 25:32, note; Eze 20:37, note; Jude 6, note; Rev 20:12, note.

judged

Judgments (the seven).. (2Sa 7:14; Rev 22:12).

1Co 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

should not

may not.

world

kosmos = man-kind. Scofield Matthew 4:8, note.

1Co 11:34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

come…together

Churches (local). 1Co 12:28-31. (Act 2:41; Phl 1:1).

not…unto condemnation

not for judgment.