1 Corinthians 11:16
But if any man lust to be contentious, we haue no such custome, neither the Churches of God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
In Context
15But if a woman haue long heare, it is a prayse vnto her: for her heare is giuen her for a couering.
Cross References
Jeremiah 32:11So I tooke the booke of the possession, being sealed according to the Lawe, and custome, with the booke that was open,
Acts 21:24Them take, and purifie thy selfe with them, and contribute with them, that they may shaue their heads: and all shall knowe, that those things, whereof they haue bene informed concerning thee, are nothing, but that thou thy selfe also walkest and keepest the Lawe.
1 Corinthians 14:33For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as we see in all ye Churches of the Saints.
1 Thessalonians 2:14For brethren, ye are become folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iudea are in Christ Iesus, because ye haue also suffred the same things of your owne countrey men, euen as they haue of the Iewes,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 11:2-17
Directions Concerning Attire; Female Subjection. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 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. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head… Read the whole commentary →