1 Corinthians 11:13

1 Corinthians 11:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Judge among yourselves. Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Judge for yourselves. Is it right for a woman to pray to God in public without covering her head?

Context of 1 Corinthians 11:13

11Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God. Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, 15but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.

1 Corinthians 11:13 word by word

ἐν ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς κρίνατε· πρέπον ἐστὶν γυναῖκα ἀκατακάλυπτον τῷ θεῷ προσεύχεσθαι;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Judgeκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• yourselvesσύsu · youG4771
• ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• is itεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• comelyπρέπωprepō · be properG4241
• that a womanγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
• prayπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• unto Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• unto Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• uncoveredἀκατακάλυπτοςakatakaluptos · uncoveredG177

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 11:13

• 1 Corinthians 10:15I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
• Luke 12:57“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
• John 7:24Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 11:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Judge in yourselves - Consider the subject in your own common sense, and then say whether it be decent for a woman to pray in public without a veil on her head? The heathen priestesses prayed or delivered their oracles bare-headed or with dishevelled hair, non comptae mansere comae, as in the case of the Cumaean Sibyl, Aen. vi., ver. 48, and otherwise in great disorder: to be conformed to them would be very disgraceful to Christian women. And in reference…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Judge 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2-16Verses 2-16 Here begin particulars respecting the public assemblies, ch. 1Co 14. In the abundance of spiritual gifts bestowed on the Corinthians, some abuses had crept in; but as Christ did the will, and sought the honour of God, so the Christian should avow his subjection to Christ, doing his will and seeking his glory. We should, even in our dress and habit, avoid every thing that may dishonour Christ. The woman was made subject to man, because made for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Judge for yourselves…Is it proper?: This rhetorical question expects the answer "no."Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Appeal to their own sense of decorum. a woman ... unto God--By rejecting the emblem of subjection (the head-covering), she passes at one leap in praying publicly beyond both the man and angels [Bengel].Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 11:13

• Women
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Comely
• Cover
• Cup
• Custom
• Guilty
• Hear
• Judge
• Set

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings