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1 Corinthians 11


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1 Corinthians 11

GUIDANCE CONCERNING CLOTHING (11:1-16):

The pattern (11:1-3)

The role model (11:1-2):

The relationships (11:3)

The head of the woman is man (11:3b).
The head of the man is the Savior (11:3a).
The head of the Savior is the Father (11:3c).

The parties (11:4-16)

Rules concerning the man (11:4, 7-9, 14)

His head is to be uncovered (11:4, 7-9).
Demonstrating his relationship to his Savior (11:4, 7)
Demonstrating his relationship to his spouse (11:8-9)
His hair is to be cut (11:14).

Rules concerning the woman (11:5-6, 10, 13, 15-16)

Her head is to be covered (11:5, 10, 13).
Demonstrating her submission to her Savior (11:13)
Demonstrating her submission to her spouse (11:5)
Demonstrating her submission to the angels (11:10)
Her hair is not to be cut (11:6, 15-16): It should not be shorn or shaved.

Rules concerning both (11:11-12)

The woman is not to be independent of the man (11:11).
The man is not to be independent of the woman (11:12).

Guidance Concerning Communion (11:17-34):

The perversion (11:17-22)

They separate into their own little groups (11:17-20).

They share with no one else (11:21-22).

The pattern (11:23-25):

What the Savior did (11:23, 25a)

He held up the bread (11:23).
He held up the cup (11:25a).

What the Savior said (11:24, 25b)

Concerning the bread (11:24):
Concerning the cup (11:25b):

The purpose (11:26, 28): Any Lord's Table involves a threefold look.

It serves as a backward look to the cross (11:26a).

It serves as an inward look to the conscience (11:28).

It serves as a forward look to the crown (11:26b).

The penalty (11:27, 29-30):

To eat and drink God's judgment on oneself (11:27-29)

To be divinely judged with physical sickness (11:30a)

To be divinely judged with physical death (11:30b)

The profit (11:31-34)

It can be used for judging ourselves (11:31-32).

It can be used forgiving ourselves (11:33-34).