Paul
the apostle continued to share concerning God's creation order for
“the man”
and “the woman”,
and he questioned whether “it was a
shame” for
a man to “have long hair”,
but he included how it was “her
glory” for
“a woman”
to have “long hair”.
In
chapter eleven and verse sixteen of First Corinthians, Paul shared
with the Corinthian church members “if
any man seem to be contentious”,
where we read:
But if
any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the
churches of God.
The verse begins, “But
if any man seem to be contentious,...”.
Paul began
with the word, “but”
which is a disassociation conjunction that means what is about to be
written takes precedence over what was just stated “if
any man” which
refers to “whether whoever” “seem
to be” or
“is of the opinion, thinks, supposes, is pleased and determined to
be” “contentious”which
means “fond of quarrel, strife and disputatious”. Paul referred
to a person who thinks in a quarreling and striving manner.
The
verse goes on to say, “...we
have no such custom, neither the churches of God.”
Paul
continued with the words, “we have no
such” which
means “Paul and his companions do not have this kind or sort of”
“custom”
or “usage or mutual habit”, “neither”
which means “nor do” “the
churches”
or “an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious
meeting” “of God”
or “belonging to the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised
of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit. Neither Paul,
his companions nor God's churches had the “custom”
of “covering”.
When
we meditate upon these words from Paul, we see how he referred to
himself, his companions and the churches concerning the idea of
having or not having the “custom” of “covering”.
His discourse was meant for the church members in Corinth, and Jesus
Christ loves His churches everywhere and desires for them to be
unified. There was no need to have great “contentions” in
this area, and should there be any who did, they should refer to
Paul, his companions and other churches who had no need to concern
themselves with such things.
Next
time Paul asks the church members concerning, “that
you come together not for the better, but for the worse”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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