1 Corinthians 11:16

1 Corinthians 11:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
• New International Version (NIV)If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

Context of 1 Corinthians 11:16

14Doesn’t the natural order of things teach you—if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him; 15but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory, for her hair was given to her as a covering. But if anyone intends to be contentious, we have no such custom—nor do God’s communities. 17But in giving you this instruction I do not praise you, for when you meet together it does more harm than good. 18For first of all, when you come together as Messiah’s community, I hear that there are divisions among you; and to some extent I believe it—

1 Corinthians 11:16 word by word

εἰ δέ τις δοκεῖ φιλόνεικος εἶναι, ἡμεῖς τοιαύτην συνήθειαν οὐκ ἔχομεν οὐδὲ αἱ ἐκκλησίαι τοῦ θεοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• any manτιςtis · oneG5100
• seemδοκέωdokeō · to thinkG1380
• to beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• contentiousφιλόνεικοςphiloneikos · dispute-lovingG5380
• weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• noοὐou · noG3756
• suchτοιοῦτοςtoioutos · such as thisG5108
• customσυνήθειαsunētheia · customG4914
• neitherοὐδέoude · norG3761
• the churchesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the churchesἐκκλησίαekklēsia · assemblyG1577
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 11:16

• 1 Timothy 6:3If anyone passes on a different teaching and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, and with the instruction in keeping with godliness,
• Acts 21:21They have been told about you—that you teach all the Jewish people among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to walk according to the customs.
• 1 Corinthians 7:17Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, let him walk in this way. I give this rule in all of Messiah’s communities.
• 1 Corinthians 14:33for God is not a God of confusion, but shalom. As in all the communities of the kedoshim,
• 1 Corinthians 16:1Now concerning the collection for the kedoshim, as I directed Messiah’s communities in Galatia, you do likewise.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:14For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s communities in Messiah Yeshua that are in Judea—for you suffered the same things at the hands of your own countrymen as they did from the Judean leaders,

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 11:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16But if any man seem to be contentious - · If any person sets himself up as a wrangler - puts himself forward as a defender of such points, that a woman may pray or teach with her head uncovered, and that a man may, without reproach, have long hair; let him know that we have no such custom as either, nor are they sanctioned by any of the Churches of God, whether among the Jews or the Gentiles. We have already seen that the verb , which we translate to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16But if any man seem to be contentious - The sense of this passage is probably this: “If any man, any teacher, or others, “is disposed” to be strenuous about this, or to make it a matter of difficulty; if he is disposed to call in question my reasoning, and to dispute my premises and the considerations which I have advanced, and to maintain still that it is proper for women to appear unveiled in public, I would add that in Judea we have no such custom…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. 16If anyone is inclined to dispute this: Some members of the diverse Corinthian church disagreed with Paul. Paul’s final point is that wearing a head covering was a long-standing church custom. Most modern interpreters believe this custom was based on culture.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. A summary close to the argument by appeal to the universal custom of the churches. if any ... seem--The Greek also means "thinks" (fit) (compare Mt 3:9). If any man chooses (still after all my arguments) to be contentious. If any be contentious and thinks himself right in being so. A reproof of the Corinthians' self-sufficiency and disputatiousness (1Co 1:20). we--apostles: or we of the Jewish nation, from whom ye have received the Gospel, and whose…Read the comment

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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