1 CORINTHIANS 11

What Happens When The Church Comes Together

11:2-16 proper dress is in the assembly

11:17-34 proper conduct during the Lords Supper

12-14 proper attitudes towards spiritual gifts in the assembly

ecclesia - the gathering or assembly of the church

v. 3 headship that should be recognized and sometimes dress can be disrespectful to that headship

v. 4 if a man praying with his head covered he is dishonoring Christ

v. 5 her head is her husband so she dishonors her husband if she prays with her head uncovered, but I thought the woman was not pray.

corporate prayers - num. 6 the Lord Bless You and Keep you. in the synagogue would lead them in that blessing and everyone would say it.

CH. 14 he tells them he doesn’t want them to prophecy

v. 6 woman should where a veil in church

v. 7 a man should not

v. 8-9 goes Gen. 2:17-18 back

v. 10

philo - symbol of modesty to the early Jew de specialibus legibus 3.56

Hermas visions 4:51:1 (2nd century)

Tertullian, on the veiling of virgins, 1 virgins should be wholly covered

book 2.1-2 book 3.1 - her choice

book 7

chrysostom, Homolies on 1 Cor. xxvi.6

1 Tim 2:8 ff no veils in Ephesus

Revelation 17:4 NASB95

The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,

why he didn’t tell both to do the same (to the best of my understanding the culture must have been different.

v. 10 goes back to Gen. 6 (sons of god) Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:4-7

Matt. 22:27ff be like angels in heaven(different than those who left heaven)

Jude 6–7 NASB95

And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day, just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

in that culture it was a matter of modesty. (some still needs to wear a head covering, then they should be wearing a burka and cover her whole head if you take it literally)

immodest dress

v. 15 to wrap around - hair covering - your object is to not to attract attention to yourself but to God

THE LORD’S SUPPER

(fellowship - 1 Cor. 10:16-17)

L.S. is designed to be taken when the church comes together

v. 17 underline come together v. 18 (ecclesia), 20, 33, 34; 1 Cor. 14:23, 26

WHEN DID THEY COME TOGETHER?

Acts 20:7

it does you more harm than good, that’s how bad it has gotten.

v. 18 divisions 1 Cor. 1:10; 3:3

they manifested them in the public assembly

v. 19 it was clear who was the head of these factions (became a show of who had the most followers)

v. 20 impossible to eat the Lords supper

Revelation 1:10 NASB95

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,

Lords day and Lords supper - Jesus day and supper - its the day he rose from the grave (on the first the day of the week) 11:23

didache 14:1-2

justin martyr apology 1.65-67

go back to 1 Cor. 10:17

v. 21 eating their own supper, not waiting for eachother, overeating, and getting drunk

v. 22 compare to v. 34 not a meal to satisfy your hunger

L.S. is supposed to be a demonstration of unity and fellowship, not division

spiritual meal for a spiritual fellowship

L.S. is designed to be taken when the church comes together

L.S. is supposed to be a demonstration of unity and fellowship, not division

L.S. to use as a manifestation of division is to do it in an unworthy manner

people who do this fail to discern the body of Christ.

traditions - things that are passed down - traditions passed down from God and traditions passed down from man

v. 23 this is the passed down from the Lord

v. 24 eucharist = give thanks (not help, help me, help me but thank you, thank you, thank you)

kjv gets this verse wrong “my body which is broken for you”

John 19:36 NASB95

For these things came to pass to fulfill the Scripture, “Not a bone of Him shall be broken.”

Matthew 14:19 NASB95

Ordering the people to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food, and breaking the loaves He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds,

Matthew 15:36 NASB95

and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

Matthew 26:26 NASB95

While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”

Luke 22:19 NASB95

And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

God doesn’t bless the bread (God bless this bread is a carry over from Catholicism) God is not going to do anything to the bread

Deuteronomy 16:3 NASB95

“You shall not eat leavened bread with it; seven days you shall eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), so that you may remember all the days of your life the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.

bread of affliction - suffering and affliction of their suffering in Egypt.

“this is my body” - not going to think about the suffering of Israel but thinking about my affliction and suffering

do this in remembrance of me

not contest to see who has the most followers not in display of division, not a common meal

v. 25

everybody had to drink 4 cups of wine during the passover feast (mixed with water) each cup marked a section of the service (see Mishna Pesahim 10)

no mention of cup in the O.T. (no significance in the cup) blood of Christ that was shed for sins and the redemptive work of Christ

remember thankfully the sacrifice of Christ not designed to make us feel guilty.

v. 26 we are saying to the world we believe in the redemptive work of Christ, we believe the grace of God that is given to us in the sacrice of Christ.

remembrance, proclamation, fellowship (sharing with each-other and God) 1 Cor. 10

v.27 “in an unworthy manner” not about the worthiness of the person but the way we are going about it.

v. 28 “so” - in this manner

examining - am i thinking about how I hate my brother and ther is division in my heart

v. 29 “discerning the body” 1 Cor. 10:17 the body is the church

wait for one another - take it all together

it is a unity thing, a together thing, we are the body of Christ together we are in in the body and blood of Christ.

v. 30 for this reason - they were divisive and not discerning the body rightly

sleep - died

v. 31 - 32 we are judged when are divisive in the Lords supper (judgment immediately by the Lord)

v. 33 its a together thing (unity and fellowship not a display of division)

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